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Slashdot: Tales From The Bazaar

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 21, 1999

“Last week, The Bazaar, an Open Source meeting and exhibition,
was held for the first time in New York City. It was not a
well-attended event, with fewer than 3000 registered visitors, and
the view from the show’s main floor was downright dismal because
most of the people there spent most of their time in tutorial
sessions, not cruising the (sparse) display booths. But it was
still an event many found valuable. Here are some “show tales” from
Slashdot readers who were there.

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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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