“If you were planning to attend Ubuntu Live 2008 in July, we
have some bad news for you: the event has been canceled. Speakers
were quietly notified earlier this week and the event’s Web site
was updated late this morning.“This was to be the second time Ubuntu held the event that was
timed to run concurrently with O’Reilly Open Source Convention
(OSCON) at the same venue. Canonical remains mum on the reason for
the cancellation, except to say that this arrangement ‘better
suits’ people planning to attend OSCON…”