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A New FOSS Conference Comes to Florida (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the more-foss-is-not-to-be-sneezed-at dept.

Bryan Smith has worked with the organizers of several Linux and Open Source events and has spoken at more than a few, but he has always wanted to see more FOSS events in Florida, the state where he lives. There was a Florida Linux Show back in 2008 and 2009, but all that remains of it today is a "ghost" Web page. But that's the past. This year Bryan has put together FOSSETCON, which debuts this September 11 - 13 in Orlando. It's an ambitious undertaking -- but Bryan has rounded up a lot of solid sponsors, and that's often the key to holding a successful IT event. (Alternate Video Link)

9 comments

  1. Wrestling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can we get a wrestling ring put in somewhere during the conference, and have a pro-systemd and con-systemd tag team match? That would finally settle the thing, once and for all.

    1. Re:Wrestling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Then you can all watch as I wrestle myself into nothingness. Unable to to discern to logical flow of a sysvinit from the madness of an event-based multithreaded startup stack. Poof, I am blinked out of existence into obscurity.

  2. Video Slashvertisement by Hillgiant · · Score: 2

    What happened /.?
    It's like I don't even know you anymore.

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  3. Finally... by gabereiser · · Score: 1

    After spending a decade in Orlando, FL and recently moving to a whole other state, I can say the lack of local conferences (other than a few HTML5 ones that came and went as nothing more than a novelty *Senchacon*) was one of those things I wish weren't true. Like bands, no one likes to visit florida unless it's for a large eared mouse or to die. On second thought, no one wants to visit florida... Nothing to see here, move along.

    1. Re:Finally... by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Like bands, no one likes to visit florida unless it's for a large eared mouse or to die. On second thought, no one wants to visit florida... Nothing to see here, move along

      Florida is awesome:

      Kennedy Space Center

      Miami Beach

      Marco Island

      Key West - Where else can you *drive* to the Caribbean?

  4. -Not- Bryan S Smith... by Mr+Foobar · · Score: 1

    But Bryan A Smith. Two different Bryans Smith's.
    Thought I should clarify that.

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  5. Re:Interesting line up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Orlando is not quite a couple of hours down the road.

    BUT--I sure wish I had heard of this sooner. This conference starts less than a week from now.