"Microsoft is going to need a bigger room next year. That's the inevitable take-away from last night's LinuxWorld-related event, once again hosted by Windows Embedded software architect and inveterate blogger Mike Hall.
"The 'Microsoft Connection Cantina,' held at Jillian's sports bar in San Francisco's Metreon, used free drinks and food such as 'CE dip' and 'embedded nachos' to lure Penguinistas from the convention center across the street. And it worked: Hall blogged before the event that 'there's already a crowd waiting outside the bar...'"