“We look forward to the bi-annual Linux World Expo (LWE) with
much fondness. Twice a year we eagerly await the product
announcements, acquisitions, and rallying of the troops that comes
out of the show. Last August’s LWE West saw the release of SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9, the first enterprise-class Linux
offering to use the 2.6 kernel, Red Hat released its app server,
and Sun, HP, and IBM each had their moments in the spotlight. Last
year’s LWE East had its share of excitement with Novell having just
wrapped up its SUSE acquisition and the OSDL’s opening the bank
account for its defense fund…”