“It’s an exciting time to be in the Linux community. Just
when you think the excitement is at a plateau, events such as
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo turn up the heat again. The
Third LinuxWorld is being held place February 1-4 at the Jacob
Javits Convention Center in New York City. LinuxWorld features a
multitude of exhibitors, a .org pavilion for Linux community
projects, keynotes from Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin of VA Linux
Systems, and Steve Mills of IBM, and a barrage of Linux conferences
and tutorials.”
“Before the exhibit floor opened, a rather large line was
forming at the convention center. This line was for the Linus
Torvalds keynote today at 9:30am. Complete with balcony room and
overflow space with a screen, the keynote area was ready for a
veritable ocean of interested people. The keynote revolved around a
few of the common questions Linus has been asked. These include the
question about fragmentation, commercialism in the Linux community,
and the upcoming version 2.4 release of the Linux kernel.”
“Linus began discussing the fragmentation by saying that he
thought fragmentation was a good thing, to some degree. Linux has
the chance to succeed in practically any market — from
supercomputers to embedded systems. Different needs and different
users need different software. For example, internationalization is
a form of fragmentation….”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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