“The fourth annual Desktop Linux Summit 2006 concluded yesterday
with its second full day of back-to-back, three-at-a-time sessions.
I enjoyed all of the talks I attended except the last one, where
Rob Enderle first recited Microsoft’s version of the history of the
world and then explained to the dwindling crowd why OEMs don’t
preload Linux.“But I’m getting ahead of myself. Michael Evans, vice president
of corporate development for Red Hat, kicked things off at 9:00.
His presentation, titled ‘Changing the World with Alternative
Desktop Approaches,’ began with a showing of the popular Red Hat
video Truth Happens…”
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