Spencer, On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:58:44AM -0500, Spencer Dawkins wrote: > > We are getting more and more participants from countries that are not among > the richest countries in the world. Those participants are often the > technical elites from their countries, but they aren't always the economic > elites from those same countries. I am way more concerned about the registration fees, hotel prices and airline tickets in the context of the cheapest, but nevertheless modern laptops being available for around $400 and even lower when one does a bit of an effort to find a good deal. Eg. even if one buys a laptop just for IETF attendance, it is not inconceivable that this will cost you $65 per meeting if the laptop last for just 2 years. David Kessens --- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf