[LEMONS] 8.06.2003
Linux: Not Just For Geeks Anymore. Maybe.
I was at Linux World Expo today, covering a Bruce Perens press conference for NJTDIt was the first time I'd been to LWE in a couple of years, and I was struck by how much more mainstream this conference was than the last. Last time around, while leading technology companies did have a presence, the big fish on the floor were folks like Red Hat and SuSe, essentially players confined to the Linux market. Today it's a different scene, with the floor dominated by booths from IBM, Dell, Intel, Sun, and even Microsoft. Red Hat still had a massive booth, but you wouldn't know it for the all the Blue up front.
The best thing I saw all day, however, was a clot of holier-than-thou technology journalists fumbling around in the press room trying to get their WiFi connections working. (Myself included.) I heard Doc Searls finally saved the day; bringing in his own base station.
It was just great. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash all the geek off before it sets in.
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