>> I don't consider technical writers as "business types".

> See my revised definition of what I meant by "business types" (=not hardware designer,
> or software developer). Business Type was not the best choice of words

A bad choice of words, in fact, if it was meant to include professions such as technical writing. I think what most people would refer to as "business types" are members of middle to high management of a company. There are some more professions involved in running a hardware/software company than hardware engineering, software engineering and managing. Technical writing is just one example.

> that is what I chose based on one story from the person who accompanied David Morse

Morse was a "business type", yes, but I don't understand the relevance.

> I am pretty sure that there were many more people who showed up and volunteered to give a
> short talk during either day of the show, so don't go strictly by who is listed on that schedule.

Thanks for clarification.