“May 20, 1999: Australia and Southeast Asia’s first dedicated
Linux exhibition and conference will be staged at the Sydney
Convention & Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour in March next
year, it was announced today by Australian Exhibition Services Pty
Ltd (AES), Australia’s leading trade show organisers.”
“The Linux Open Source Expo & Conference will be run in
conjunction with IT 2000 and will include keynote speakers from
around the world, plenary papers, hands-on workshops and real-world
case studies of Linux in practice. It has the full support of the
Sydney Linux User Group. The exhibition will run from March 7-10
and the conference from March 8-9, 2000.”
“This first-ever dedicated Linux exhibition and conference in
Australia will promote the commercial and government uses for the
operating system in the mainstream computing environment. It will
educate the market about applications available for the platform
and establish a valuable information and education resource for
companies interested in using Linux in the business world.”