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Red Hat Drops Linux Expo 2000

Posted by emmett on from the no-soup-for-you dept.

EricWright writes "Although this hasn't (apparently) hit major news outlets yet, the Raleigh News & Observer is running a story in the business section today that Red Hat has dropped plans to hold the Linux Expo 2000. Although I haven't seen anything at Red Hat's website, they have confirmed the cancellation, saying 'The Expo won't happen this year. This doesn't mean that the project is abandoned; it just means that it won't happen this year. We are very much interested in keeping it alive.'"

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  1. Let's Fscking do something about it! by Phizzy · · Score: 4

    From the article : His column tipped off the local Linux users group, TriLUG. Its members started e-mailing each other, making plans to conduct their own Expo.

    I'm in the RDU area, I attended the Linux Expo two and three years ago, but not last year, and thought that it was getting a little too corporate in '98, but was still definitely worth attending. I wish I had gone last year, to see what it was like. I can see it getting to be more like all the other computer expos and less like LinuxExpo should be.

    SO.. Redhat's not going to organise it this year.. Fsck 'em! I think it's in the true linux spirit to route around damage and create our own expo. I'm willing to help in any capacity I can. There are enough Linux/Unix businesses and people in RTP to get something going, and I'm sure quite a bit of the rest of you Slashdot people would attend an expo built to be what WE want it to be, not what the corpses want it to be. Email me if you're in RTP.. or even if you're not. Let's get something together!

    //Phizzy

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    "Most European technology just isn't worth our stealing," -- Former CIA chief James Woolsey, referring to Echelon
  2. Atlanta Show Still On by bsorensen · · Score: 5
    The loss of the Linux Exp is unfortunate - LE and ALS have always had a friendly competition going alongside of a mutual defnese against the IDG mentality of Linux Shows.
    The 4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference is once again going to be held in Atlanta and we hope that those of you planning to attend the Linux Expo can make it to Atlanta instead. We're working closely with USENIX to make sure that the technical conferences are of high quality and we're also working to keep the sense of community we have strived for in the past.

    4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference: www.linuxshowcase.org

    Call for Papers: www.linuxshowcase.org/cfp

    Blake Sorensen
    4th Annual Linux Showcase and Conference
    October 10-14, 2000
    Atlanta, GA /p?