Linux Journal: A Historic Moment in Boston

“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…”

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