[geeks] desperation is the mother of invention

[Ken Hansen]

Amy,

The real question comes down to, how do their prices compare to other, non-technical cruises?

If the technical cruises are similar to a non-technical cruise as far as non-technical folks are concerned, convincing the family to tag along would be simple.

I have never looked into these cruises before, but with sufficient warning I think a small group could be assembled from the various members of the list...

Wait, I just checked their site and two things jumped out at me:

	1) They use Holland America ships, which are among
	   the best, so no problem there, and

	2) They seem to offer significant spouse/child discounts
	   (35%) when booked far enough in advance

I think it would be reasonable to as the organizers to see about Solaris Cruise - I bet you could get great speakers out of Sun (doesn't Bill have some "inside" contacts there? ;^) and probably even get Sun to sponsor some attendees (favorite clisnts, etc.)

Call yourself a Group Leader, and I bet you could even get free passage...

A great idea,

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Amy [mailto:nospam at frenzy.com]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 7:22 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Cc: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: [geeks] desperation is the mother of invention



i've been trying for about 8 months now to convince the head bitch (that's
bill, in case anyone has their head in the sand) that he needs to take a
family vacation. so far, the main problem is that he thinks (rightly so)
that if he's more than a few days away from his precious machines that the
sky will fall.

so, while looking at geekcruises.com it occurs to me that there might be a
compromise here. geekcruises basically offers weeklong conventions (with
lectures, etc) on a cruise ship--it has satellite net access--at sea. 
problem is their cruises arent the most employer-happy or very
intellectual in the world, at least for a solaris admin (they offer
a very popular linux cruise but not a solaris one)...

so i figure, why not pester the guy who does geekcruises to offer a
solaris based cruise. you single guys could go and mack on the
unsuspecting single women and the married husbands can semi-rest knowing
your wives are occupied and pampered. plus, you can see the sights of the
caribbean in relative style without the fear of going stark raving crazy.

my question is, would anyone out there find this interesting or
acceptable? would any of y'all like to lecture on such a cruise? what
would your wives or kids think? ask them! they *will* make compromises,
even if they (seemingly) just put up with your hobbies and such.

--a


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