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Kernel Developers To Speak at SCALE 2x

Posted by timothy on from the long-way-from-utah dept.

irabinovitch writes "Andrew Morton (Linux 2.6 kernel mantainer) and William Irwin will be speaking at SCALE 2x. You may remember last year's SCALE conference from a previous Slashdot posting ." SCALE will be taking place on November 22 of this year.

6 comments

  1. Schizophrenic Sun by Alethes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why is Sun sponsoring this event while Scott McNealy is telling people not to use Linux and other open source software?

    1. Re:Schizophrenic Sun by mhesseltine · · Score: 2, Insightful

      My guess is, Sun bought Cobalt, which ran its systems on Linux. Therefore, they want people to feel good about Linux and look to the Cobalt entry-level systems from Sun. But, they also want people to be wary of Linux on the high end, and look towards Solaris for those needs.

      It's also like the way that Scott talks about the advantages of open source, but won't open up the Java code. He wants to have his cake and eat it too.

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    2. Re:Schizophrenic Sun by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 1

      McNealy might be suffering from mercury toxicity.

      That would explain alot.

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