Linuxworld Fun

The Linuxworld Expo is now in full swing, and there's a variety of news. The BBC has an overview. Microsoft has a booth at the Expo in the section intended for "new, up-and-coming companies". Sun is rolling out servers running Linux. And VA Software - Slashdot's owner - is moving Sourceforge.net to IBM's database software.

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I can just see it now...

[yeoua]

At some point... every single linux geek in the entire place is going to collectively turn to and point at the Microsoft booth, and then in unison, laugh their asses off, when one of the machines bsod's.

Yes, but why does Microsoft need a stand...

[altgrr]

when all the people at the show know about Microsoft software, and that's why they're running Linux?

Linux world and Linux land

[brejc8]

Doesnt Linux-world bring images of children going on rides with huge fluffy penguins.
And wearing penguin ears? hmm maybe not penguin ears.

Re:Linux world and Linux land

[Maran]

Maybe there's an "educational" area where kids can watch fuzzy animatronic characters giving a glossed-over demonstration of how to recompile your kernel.

And there's people dressed up as all the "old favourite" distros. But they've got their networking disabled, so they just move around a lot and pose, but can't say anything.

And there's a shop selling lots of ThinkGeek gear, that's a real laugh in the park itself, but wearing it in the outside world results in people giving you strange looks.

Maran

Gotta love those final comments

[MarvinMouse]

"Tell us what we are doing right and what we are doing wrong"

Well.. this is going to take a while.

nice BBC article

[Clover_Kicker]

From the linked BBC article:

>Linux is gaining corporate fans is because it is
>cheap, easy to maintain and much more secure than
>Microsoft software.

You can't buy advertising like that.