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LinuxTag: 40% Growth Over Last Year
LinuxDesktop.it writes "According to this article on pro-linux.de, LinuxTag 2003 was a success: 19500 visitors, up +40% from last year and the number of journalists covering the event increased twofold -- according to pro-linux thanks to the strong signals that the city of Munich switching 14k PCs to Linux sent through Germany.
Exhibitors seemed quite satisfied too because they did not expect that the trade show generated that many business contacts since many reputed it as a more community event rather than a 'where .com meets .org' event."
I was there, two critical notes:
;-)
- Too commercial (it needs commercial stuff, but it needed more non-commercial stuff too).
- 80 to 90 percent of the speaches in German.
For the rest, it was okay, liked maddog's speach and seeing Linux on X-box
The organizers report an enormous increase in attendance at this year's
LinuxTag. Two hours before the end of the convention they drew a
preliminary conclusion for LinuxTag 2003: over 19,500 visitors were counted,
more than 40% more than last year.
The many international guests, for example John 'Maddog' Hall from the USA
and Utaka Niibe of the Free Software Initiative Japan, ensured full
presentation rooms. Also content-wise the presentations were predominantely
high class.
The exhibitors expressed themselves throughout positively surprised
and satisfied. There were "extremely many business contacts" registered.
Many exhibitors saw their expectations fullfilled. Whoever had seen
LinuxTag still as a community event with relatively few business customers,
saw themselves better informed.
Oliver Zendel, the head of LinuxTag e.V., sees LinuxTag as a large success
that proves that Linux and free software can also suceed in the field of professional
business. LinuxTag is the largest Linux convention in Europe and
according to his words, a "world-wide leading convention for free software."
Highly visible was the effect, that arose from the decision by the city of
Munich to use Linux. According to information from Pro-Linux the number
of accredited journalists doubled from that of last year.
Translation of the original article:
The organisers of the LinuxTag are reporting an enormous growth of this year's LinuxTag. Two hours before the end of the fair they are giving preliminary results of LinuxTag 2003: more than 19'500 visitors were counted, an increase of 40% compared to last year.
Numerous international guests like John 'Maddog' Hall from the USA and Yutaka Niibe of the Free Software Initiative Japan generated full auditories. Also in terms of content, the talks were mostly high class.
Almost all exhibitors were positively surprised and satisfied. "An extreme number of business contacts" was registered. Many exhibitors saw their expectations fulfilled. Whoever saw LinuxTag as a community event with relatively few business customers was disabused(?).
Oliver Zendel, head of the LinuxTag e.V., sees the LinuxTag as a big success which proofs that Linux and free software can also persist in the area of professional business. LinuxTag is the biggest Linux fair in Europe and according to his words a "worldwide leading fair in free software".
Highly visible was the announcement effect of Munich's decision in favor of Linux. According to informarion from Pro-Linux, the number of accredited journalists has doubled compared to last year.
If you're interested in IBM iron, then the Common conference (www.common.org) is well worth a visit.
As IBM now are going Linux/Java, several of the training sessions are geared around this... Well worth it IMO.
Tony.
I even saw Windows XP Professional on the X-box!
;-)
Well, it was the new NX client for embedded Linux systems, which worked like "out of the box" on the X-box.
It allows you to connect to any Linux or Windows system over the internet, and display that workstation's screen locally. It can use RDP/rdesktop (for Windows), or RFB/tightVNC (for any platform) or the NX server (on Linux). The NX server is the fastest, allowing even for a full KDE session running over 9600 Baud modem connection. X-box "developers" suffered the shock of their life when had turned their backs to the toy for a minute and this was enough to install NX client and connect to Rome/Italy and display the WinXP Prof screen from there fullscreen....
I think, NX was the absolute innovation highlight of the show. The excellent CUPS talk was even held using a remote NX log-in into a Linux/CUPS server from a WinXP client. Performance was excellent and not distinguishable from a locally run Linux session. I have now downloaded NX (the server is freely available for testing) and I am very pleased with the results.
LinuxTAG, and no that's not tag as in html tag, but TAG as in the German word for day. See, German word, there's your hint.
There are digital photos available about this
unique premiere:
http://www.nomachine.com/news_read.php?idnews=47
They have even some digicam shots on their website:
http://www.nomachine.com/news_read.php?idnews=47