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LWN: LinuxWorld NY 2001 – Wednesday Summary

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 1, 2001

“LWN.net Managing Editor Liz Coolbaugh, Senior Editor Michael J.
Hammel and staff member Dennis Tenney are covering the LinuxWorld
NY 2001 conference and exhibit this year. Today’s summary is a
brief rundown of what they saw on the first day of the full
conference talks and exhibit.”

“Nick Petreley hosted this very entertaining event where well
known developers and a few selected audience members matched wits
to answer queries to questions only the most pasty skinned nerd or
geek could possibly know. While the event was modestly attended
(perhaps half the room where the keynote was held, roughly 500-750
people), all were genuinely entertained….”

“David Sifry of Linuxcare sat down with Michael J. Hammel to
talk frankly about Linuxcare’s past, present and future. We’ll be
posting that interview in it’s entirety later, but here’s a quick
look….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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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