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LinuxCon will not be a trade show

The Linux Foundation has learned how to put together all-day and multi-day events for a few hundred people in an auditorium. Zemlin is planning next year's LinuxCon based on an attendance of near 1,000. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Event, Portland, LinuxCon, Zemlin, Open Source Business Conference, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Do we need a LinuxCon?

Do we need a LinuxCon?Do we need a LinuxCon?No, absolutely not!RE: Do we need a LinuxCon?I don't know about LinuxCon but my impression of Jim Zemlin is that he's trying too hard. Like a new manager who makes a lot of changes to a smooth running system just so...

Tags: Loverock, LinuxCon

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

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If open source were a monopoly

As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...

Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Does it matter that "Linux is bloated"?

Yesterday at LinuxCon, Linus Torvalds founder of the Linux kernel, made a few comments about Linux usually reserved for Windows: "Linux is bloated!" by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Torvalds calls Linux "bloated" and "scary." Is he right? [poll]

Has Linux become a victim of its own success? At the LinuxCon conference in Portland this week, Linux creator Linus Torvalds dropped a bit of a bomb when he said that the open-source kernel had not become the "streamlined, hyper-efficient kernel I envisioned when I started writing...

Tags: Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-22

How to make technology conferences suck less

There's a dirty little secret to technology conferences: Most of them suck to some degree. It's about time someone started thinking about how to make conference time more valuable and less stale, especially now that companies are cutting back on travel to shows. I've been thinking about...

Tags: Conference, Wiki, Online Communications, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-04-02

News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft’s planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-10-02

News to know: Economy watch; Google trades; RealDVD; Apple's showdown; Pandora

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Reuters: Senate agrees to vote on bailout, stocks rally Michael Krigsman: Economic meltdown: The insanity of disagreement Larry Dignan: Analyst: Intel will weather the storm ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Apple Inc., Semantic Web, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Do we need a LinuxCon?

The foundation's Executive Director, Jim Zemlin, said this is being done in response to demand, and that the event will include a trade show along with conference and workshops. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Portland, Conference, Linux Foundation, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Linux Foundation launches new conference

The Linux Foundation will announce today the creation of LinuxCon, a conference set to take place alongside the Linux Plumbers conference in Portland, Oregon. Does the world really need yet another open source conference? As it turns out, the answer is probably yes. At least if the...

Tags: Conference, Linux Foundation, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-09-30