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Linus & Maddog on panel with MS and DH Brown

Posted by Hemos on from the debate-da-FUD dept.

Anonymous Coward writes " Linus and maddog will be on a panel, along with a Microsoft guy (Jim Ewel) and someone from DH Brown (Tony Iams). This will be in Atlanta at the AIIM '99 conference. " The actual date will be April 14, 9-10 AM.

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  1. reports... by kevin+lyda · · Score: 2

    this is more a linuxtoday, or lwn.net thing, but it would be nice to get a report from a real tech perspective, and not just from the mainstream media. so if anyone's going, it would be nice to get some detail.

    i think in some ways it's nice to see, especially in light of esr and bruce parens little war of words. it will be a nice example of parens "hydra" marketing approach - both linus and john representing linux (and free software) instead of a single esr.

    and no offense to esr, but i think linus and john will make a better impression. as opposed to the rms and esr approach to marketing (weird outfits, and outrageous statements), this pair will present a very toned down yet persuasive message for people to consider. not so much "in your face" as "in your head."

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