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Of course, this depends on the size of the booth but flyers and a poster are a good start (there are no prepared ones available yet). Further, one to three notebooks/pc with different OSes to show FPC and Lazarus are usually required. It's recommend to prepare some database application, that's what people want to see. If you print flyers, our experiences showed that you need 30-50 per day. A nice thing to have are CDs with Lazarus/FPC installers, sell them for 5 to 10 Eur.
 
Of course, this depends on the size of the booth but flyers and a poster are a good start (there are no prepared ones available yet). Further, one to three notebooks/pc with different OSes to show FPC and Lazarus are usually required. It's recommend to prepare some database application, that's what people want to see. If you print flyers, our experiences showed that you need 30-50 per day. A nice thing to have are CDs with Lazarus/FPC installers, sell them for 5 to 10 Eur.
  
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Note by sg: I don't think that selling CDs will work really well. On exhibitions people are used to get everything for free. This leads us to the old topic of creating a 'Verein' (incorporated society) for Free Pascal, to manage financial stuff. An alternative way would be sponsoring. freeX (http://www.freex-online.de) and/or Toolbox (http://www.toolbox-mag.de) are potential candidates for this, perhaps even my company (which depends on further development).
 
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Note by jb: I cannot not really ''sponsor'' the project. But anyone working with/on Free Pascal and Lazarus who wants to write good technical articles will be paid herfore. She or he can give the earned money (completely or partly) back to the project's people. The articles for Toolbox must be written in German or English (the English ones will be translated to German). But: All articles must be submitted '''exclusively''' to the magazine. They must not be published anywhere else (sorry, we must pay the authors and this payment comes from the sales).
 
  
 
== Facts ==
 
== Facts ==

Latest revision as of 08:31, 31 May 2013

Systems 2005 booth.
Systems 2005 booth

The following is collected on our experiences with a booth of FPC and Lazarus on the Systems 2005 in Munich, Germany.

What you need

Of course, this depends on the size of the booth but flyers and a poster are a good start (there are no prepared ones available yet). Further, one to three notebooks/pc with different OSes to show FPC and Lazarus are usually required. It's recommend to prepare some database application, that's what people want to see. If you print flyers, our experiences showed that you need 30-50 per day. A nice thing to have are CDs with Lazarus/FPC installers, sell them for 5 to 10 Eur.


Facts

Todo... However for sure Lazarus is the best this is a fact

Sponsoring material

- A PowerPoint (.ppt) presentation to present Lazarus

- The Lazarus/FreePascal box

See also

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