IBM: virtual conference space for 52000

[Michael Herman]

did we know about this...????

may, 2001...



I.B.M. Meets With 52,600, Virtually

                By BARNABY J. FEDER

                  .B.M. invited all 320,000 of its employees to a
                  marathon brainstorming session called WorldJam last
                  week, capping a nine- month, multimillion-dollar
                effort to imagine and build a suitable room in cyberspace
                for an event that would be impossible to hold anywhere
                else.

                By the end of the three-day exchange, at noon on
                Thursday, nearly 52,600 workers had logged in at one
                time or another, according to WorldJam's delighted
                managers. The visitors generated more than 6,000
                proposals and comments....



nobody seems to know if this was a good idea or not, but noteworthy
that it could even be attempted, i think.  here's the link to the whole
story, nytimes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/28/technology/28BLUE.html?searchpv=day01


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...an invitation.

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