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Linux Symposium 2007 - a summaryLinux Symposium 2007 - a summaryPosted Jul 2, 2007 19:16 UTC (Mon) by cjb (guest, #40354)Parent article: Linux Symposium 2007 - a summary
> This year marks the first time in some years that the Kernel Summit was not held just before the Linux Symposium started; many people expressed concerns that kernel developers would stay away this year and OLS would not be as interesting an event.
How many people showed up to OLS this year? I think it was around 900 last year.
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Attendees Posted Jul 2, 2007 19:36 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] The official word is about 100 less than last year. It felt a little smaller than that, but that may just be a result of the new room organization.
Attendees Posted Jul 3, 2007 0:11 UTC (Tue) by pzb (subscriber, #656) [Link] At the closing keynote, a drawing was held for at least a dozen different items and no number drawn was higher than 500. With a dozen draws, this should give a good estimate of the attendance at the keynote.
I would therefore suggest that there were approximately 500 people at OLS this year.
Attendees Posted Jul 3, 2007 2:37 UTC (Tue) by charlieb (subscriber, #23340) [Link] > I would therefore suggest that there were approximately 500 people> at OLS this year.
Or perhaps approximately 500 who filled in survey sheets at the closing Keynote Address.
Attendees Posted Jul 3, 2007 14:51 UTC (Tue) by nevets (subscriber, #11875) [Link] There were a large number of people that left early and didn't stay for the final key note. I was about to leave too, until someone told me they were giving out PS3's. Unfortunately, I didn't win one.
Attendees Posted Jul 3, 2007 2:05 UTC (Tue) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link] It was thoroughly enjoyable, and one hopes that some of the ideas for putting in tracks and tutorial days will bear fruit.As '08 is the 10th anniversary might even LT himself drop in for a syllable or three?
Linus Posted Jul 6, 2007 14:22 UTC (Fri) by willy (subscriber, #9762) [Link] When I was on the OLS paper ctte, I tried to get Linus to give a talk (on something ... anything ... even floppy.c), but he just doesn't enjoy giving talks. Never say never, of course, but you'd have to be very persuasive.
Attendees Posted Jul 3, 2007 18:55 UTC (Tue) by Webexcess (subscriber, #197) [Link] AJH told me there were "700 something" people this year ("800 something" last year). His view was that the USD-CAD exchange rate was the biggest factor in reducing attendance this year.
Attendees Posted Jul 3, 2007 19:43 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Yes, it's a good time for Canadians to come south, with the Canadian dollar over 94 cents (I remember when it was in the 70's).
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