A Historic Moment in Boston
The upcoming Desktop Linux Conference will cover the current state of the Linux desktop and where it's heading.
Bostonians have reason to celebrate these
days, as their beloved Red Sox are having a winning season in the
home stretch of the American League playoffs--a truly historic
moment for Red Sox fans as the team edges toward the World Series.
Boston, a city full of historic firsts, is about to make history
again, this time in the world of open-source computing.The Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC) has organized the first
conference devoted exclusively to the Linux desktop. This one-day
Desktop Linux Conference is unlike any other IT conference you have
attended. DLC has assembled a stable of open-source experts to meet
and discuss key technologies, how they work and the current issue
on everyone's minds: Is there an alternative choice in desktop
computing that offers compatibility with open standards and a fair
licensing policy? Sponsored by Boston University's Corporate
Education Center and the DLC, the event will be held on November 10
at Boston U's Tyngsboro campus facility.The Desktop Linux Conference aims to drive home the message
that for the first time in computing history, a legitimate desktop
alternative is available that is better, faster and cheaper. As an
extension of the newly formed Desktop Linux Consortium's mission of
providing "wide scale understanding and adoption of the Linux
operating system and its applications for use on the desktop", the
program offers key champions of Linux: Bruce Perens, Nat Friedman,
Jeremy White, Sam Greenblatt, Mark Hinkle, Mark Westerman, Havoc
Pennington, Amy D. Wohl, Shuji Sado and many more.The conference will provide the computing public with an
overview of the state of the Linux desktop, where we are today and
where we are going. Kicking off with a keynote presentation titled
"Open for Business", by Bruce Perens, a Linux advocate and the
executive director of the DLC, the Desktop Linux Conference will
feature talks from team leaders in the Open Source community that
represent core technologies and applications, notably American
Microsystems (AML), Codeweavers, Computer Associates,
FreeDesktop.org, GNOME, George Washington University's CyberPolicy
Institute, GovernmentForge, Linux Professional Institute, Linux
Terminal Server Project, NeTraverse, Open Source Software
Institute, PCs for Everyone, Prentice Hall, Red Hat, Samba.org,
SuSE, SE Linux, VA Linux Systems, Japan OSDN, Xandros and
Ximian.The DLC Conference will offer three tracks as well as panel
discussions that focus on key trends and issues in the industry.
The tracks and panels will instruct CIOs and IT managers in the
issues that should be considered when deploying Linux in business
today.Speaker topics include: "Linux--Open for Business",
"Components for the Enterprise Linux Desktop", "Deploying the Linux
Desktop in the Enterprise: Practical Considerations", "Linux Gains
Momentum Worldwide: Focus on Asia", "How Educational Standards
Offer Pathways to Desktop Linux and Corporate Success" and "Linux
in Government". Security, legislation and how Linux is emerging as
a standard worldwide all will be discussed. In a special
presentation, Dr. Martin Echt will share the story of how his
Albany-based medical organization moved to Linux using low-cost
thin clients and system integration from Lilliecare.As a bonus, BUSEC and LinuxCertified will offer conference
attendees a discounted four-day Linux boot camp following the
event. The program kicks off a partnership between LinuxCertified
and BUCEC to provide Linux education to IT and business
professionals in the Boston area. For in-depth information about
the Desktop Linux Conference and to register, please go to
the DLC Web
site or call 1-800-BU-TRAIN (800-288-7246).
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Comments
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
The Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego was hijacked by Lindows. DLC and many others boycotted the Summit.
I don't recall any other Desktop Linux Conference in the East Coast.
This is NOT "first conference devoted exclusively to the Linux d
The Desktop Linux summit was last February with over 500 in attendance in San Diego. It's held each year in Feb.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
This conference sounds awesome. I went to the registration page. The price tag seems a bit high for me.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
You should go to the Desktop Linux Summit.
1. It's in San Diego in February - much warmer =)
2. It's only like $25 ($250 - rip off!)
3. It has a much larger attendance and more vendors.
4. It was the first such conference and is very well planned and executed.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
I've used Lycoris and Mandrake.Will they be there? They were not mentioned in the article.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
Suse Linux is European.
Who should go?
I live near where the conference is being held, but I'm not sure who the target audience is for this conference. It seems a bit pricey, especially for a student (such as myself).
I have the feeling that this conference is more for buisness folk, which is too bad since my linux interests often lie on the desktop side of things.
I do hope that this is great success though.
Free Pass to Desktop Linux Conference
Damn right! Who is really the target audience?
Where and How to get a Free Pass at least for the student?
We all know that the IT employment market is still bad. I know many IT professionals still looking for a gig.
Is there a Special Pricing for Student?
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
The Red Sox lost the game last night to NY Yankees. They will not be going to the World Series. But Bostonians should still be proud, many did not expect the Sox to qualify for the playoffs let alone battling with the Yankees all the way to game 7 and lost by 1 point in the 11th innings.
On another historic topic, will this conference be the catalyst to structural change on the desktop? Will we, the computing masses be freed from the choice of between XP home and XP Pro?
I am a Red Sox fan and no, I bear no ill will towards the Yankees. By the same token, I bear no hatred against Microsoft but I do like to have more legitimate choices in the market place. Since I am local I will attend the conference and hope that this conference will, indeed, be a historic moment.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
Not a single mention of Free Software, or the GNU project?
Why has the author decided to withhold that all this development was possible because of a level playing field created by the GPL?
That GNOME began as a GNU project to ensure the OS can remain Free Software?
That sharing this software is not a criminal activity?
That developing this software is possible because of the GNU projects GCC, GDB, binutils, make, and auto-tools?
I notice that these issues are also absent from the DLC website. Their getting a mail from me.
Ciaran O'Riordan
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How about, because we know all that? I'm all for GNU, the GPL, and the FSF, but we don't need to have the propaganda in every story -- that's just creepy.
Re: um
Thief! That's the same answer I was going to give. I totally agree. This story is about a conference happening in Boston. In other words, GNU, GPL, and FSF are the vehicle, but one of the outcomes is a great desktop. The conference isn't about the vehicle this time....it's about one of the outcomes. It'd be like a story focusing on the Chinese rocket....when we just want to know if the dude got to space and back.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
I have been using GNU/Linux as my desktop since RedHat 3.0. With VMware, I have been able to avoid any need to dual boot. Now with OpenOffice and Mozilla Firebird, I only use VMware to run IE to test web applications I write.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
Will all "ponytails" be shot on sight? Noticeable by their absence are European contributions, e.g. Debian, KDE, etc.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
I (George Staikos) will be attending on behalf of KDE. I look forward to the event!
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
Suse Linux is European.
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
Well, it is a bit biased given that it's in Ximian's backyard and there's aparent nothing being done to try to help get KDE people there... Kind of odd having a desktop Linux event sans arguably the largest desktop project...
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
I think Bruce Perens might class as someone who knows something about representing Debian..... Wouldn't you say? Nice to see KDE will be attending.
Thanks for the update Bruce!
Re: A Historic Moment in Boston
I think someone from KDE is coming, but from the US. Their budget is limited. Perhaps we can do a European show soon.ThanksBruce
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