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\title{Sunny Mexico}
A report on my \TeX\ activities in Mexico and maybe a few personal too.
(The temperature is in the 70's --
the air is very polluted --
People are very charming and hospitable, and there are about 20 
million just in Mexico City.
No one has heard of \SGML\ or CALS\dots).

 
Arturo Sanchez  invited me to speak at the \TeX\ 
meeting in Mexico City in February 1991.   A diligent host
he organised my sightseeing, including visiting the Pyramids
of the Sun and the Moon,  built in the 6th and 7th Century.
Real old.

Did you know that {\sc the car} of Mexico is the VW Bug?  There are $1+$ 
million manufactured there yearly, and nearly all the taxis are 
Bugs\dots  

Friday was the \TeX\ user meeting held at the University, near the 
Olympic Stadium from 1968\dots

About 60 people attended and the program was all in Spanish with the 
exception of my presentation.  There were 4 speakers and one of the
people before me spoke on some of the same things that I had planned, so 
it took some quick adjusting on my part.

Anyway, this was a friendly crowd and very receptive.  They are using 
PC \TeX\ 2.1, and have never heard of HiJaak, didn't know much about 
\TeX\ 3.0/virtual fonts, so it was quite interesting for them to hear 
about all our (ArborText) offerings.  There is an Addison Wesley office there
and  3 people were present.  They ordered an upgrade on the spot (they brought 
their old version).  Of all those present, all had PC's except 2 who had 
Suns.  There is much interest in a `Windows' version.  In
case you  are wondering, they all understood English so I
did not have to have  a translator.

After a coffee break, they had a roundtable discussion in Spanish about 
various projects, problems, etc., to which I listened and understood about 
1/4.  I went to dinner with the conference committee at the University 
Club.    A newly developing market, a little behind ours.

I have only seen one little tabloid English
language newspaper and no TV or  radio in English except a
movie channel, so I truly feel that I  have been {\sc away}.
\author{Betsy Dale}