I think a show more focused to the Desktop for everyone would be something
different.
Have software writers from Source Forge get together and show off stuff for
end users.
Also have the user friendly desktop OS people there as well. Like Mepis,
and Xandros
etc.,
Show off these things doing average user stuff Games, Internet, Music., etc.
Also even for the Desktop have people showing off Open Source and Freeware
off for all platforms.
How ever no one has wanted to do something like this in the Tampa Area, it's
always up North our out West.
Bill P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin 'Roblimo' Miller" <robin@roblimo.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] <OT> RIP Microsoft?
>
>>The topic was actually a discussion on advancing Linux on the desktop. I
>>found it really strange that some of the leaders in this area were not
>>present... IE Suse/Novell or Red Hat. If I walked away with any broad
>>feeling of the event as a whole, it is that Linux is being pushed hard
>>as the corporate answer to big Iron ( using Linux in clusters to create
>>a dynamic architecture that can be scaled based on current computing
>>needs ).
>
> This is what LinuxWorld has become: a marketing venue where large
> companies try to sell to other large companies.
>
>>I also wanted to note that my impression from technical attendees that I
>>spoke with is that the conference is getting too fluffy. The content
>>for the conference seemed to be aimed at technical management employees
>>who are looking for solutions for business application.
>>
>
> I personally think we need to accept the fact that LinuxWorld has changed,
> and work to build other conferences for tech people. Rob Malda and I keep
> trying to have OSTG put together regional conferences, and maybe someday
> we'll get our bosses to agree. We're certainly happy to be media sponsors
> (provide free advertising in exchange for program listings and that sort
> of thing) to hard-core tech conferences.
>
> A SourceForge.net open source development conference would be great IMO.
> But we'd need corporate sponsors for it, and so far none of the usual
> suspects have jumped on the idea. I'll be more involved in the development
> of some new SourceForge.net features in the future, and maybe I can push
> this idea a little more.
>
> I'll certainly try, and if anyone has any ideas on how to get some of the
> field's biggies to realize that working more closely with open source
> developers is to their benefit, I'm happy to hear them.
>
> LinuxWorld is now someplace to go because you're getting paid to be there.
> I'd like conferences that are *fun* to attend...
>
> - Robin
>
>
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