“EarthWeb…announced today that The Bazaar, a Linux and
Open Source Software conference and exhibition in New York City
beginning today at the Javits Center in New York City, has
scheduled keynote and panel presentations by Bob Young, co-founder,
CEO and Chairman of Red Hat…Chris DiBona of VA Linux
Systems…and co-editor of Open Sources, and Jeff Bates, who runs
the Slash.org website for Andover.net….”
“On Wednesday, December 15th at 12:30 p.m. Bob Young,
co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Red Hat, Inc., is scheduled to
present his keynote presentation on how to revolutionize the
software industry by changing its paradigm. “We believe that the
philosophy and practice of open development can benefit many parts
of society,” said Bob Young in a recent statement. “Open source
continues to make great advances and delivers innovation to
enterprise users worldwide. The time is right to introduce an
approach that will seed new advances and foster innovation for
everyone’s benefit.”
“Additional keynote presentations are scheduled to be made by
many leaders of the Open Source community including: Michael
Cowpland, CEO of Corel Corporation (Nasdaq: CORL); Robert Ferber,
Founder of OpenSales; Jon “Maddog” Hall, Executive Director of
Linux International; Ralph Nader, consumer advocate (presenting a
keynote address titled “The Age of the Wired”); and Richard
Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation.”