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LinuxWorld Moving to Boston

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-really-to-bad dept.

DMCBOSTON writes " LinuxWorld will be at the Hynes Auditorium in Boston, moving from NY in 2005." I'll be doing a Slashdot BOF at what I guess will now be the last New York LinuxWorld at the end of January 2004. I'll be sad to see this show move, as I always enjoy NY immensely, and seek any excuse to go there. Boston is a whole different story ;)

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  1. how about it moving every year ? by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You know Chicago, Atlanta, Denver, and La would be places that would really benifit from having it rotate through? or how about simply Las Vegas?

    the rest of the country would like to have it closer once in a while...

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    1. Re:how about it moving every year ? by Lumpy · · Score: 4, Interesting

      the thing is that Vegas makes it easy for anyone to go.

      airfare to vegas is cheaper than taking a bus. ($49.00 round trip right now from Chicago)
      the hotels ther eare dirt cheap, and there is gobs of entertainment.

      that's why Comdex is set up there.. it's dirt fricking cheap for people to get and stay there. This is the opposite case for Boston.

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  2. Re:higher concentration of geeks? by Dr.Enormous · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The concentration of geeks is sufficient to support a sci-fi/fantasy-only bookstore in Cambridge, so I'd say it's a pretty good choice. Add in the tons of biotech and IT startups scattered around 128, and you've pretty much got geek central.

  3. Since it says LinuxWorld and not Linux USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Any reason not to have it in Canada. Accomodation is way cheaper than most US cities and Toronto is way cooler than most places (literally :))