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LinuxTag Show Report

Posted by michael on from the mmmm-linux dept.

BSDTag writes "LinuxTag, Europe's largest Linux show was held in July in Karlsruhe Kongresszentrum, Germany. Nicholas Blachford was there for 3 of those days and he wrote about his experience on OSNews, and provided 6 pages of pictures of the event."

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  1. Re:Not a very impressive review by mumblestheclown · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Anyway, this is a breeze of fresh air in the usual climate of corporate demos where they only show the stuff they know to work reliably.

    I am sure that this would have been your reaction if it had been a microsoft demo that crashed.

  2. Re:Not a very impressive review by El+Cubano · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Anyway, this is a breeze of fresh air in the usual climate of corporate demos where they only show the stuff they know to work reliably.

    I am sure that this would have been your reaction if it had been a microsoft demo that crashed.

    I think it would have cleared things up for you to read the last sentence in his paragaph:

    The Linux and Open Source people just proved that they don't do this to bullshit people, they do it for the fun of it!

    Microsoft is company trying to make a profit. They have shareholders to answer to. The KDE and GNOME people do not. However, this does not apply solely to Microsoft. If Red Hat or SuSe showed up with anything less then a "Microsoft quality" presentation they would also be quickly lambasted. The core developers (in this case of KDE and GNOME) do this for fun, as the OP pointed out. When an actual business venture is based on the product, however, they must take a more stable and conservative approach. Which is why the major distros don't typically incorporate the latest CVS versions of anything without good cause.