First ever Linux Summit in Finland a success

FIRST EVER LINUX SUMMIT IN FINLAND A SUCCESS

Technology Center Hermia, Finland, 17.4.2003

The Linux Summit 2003, arranged by SOT in co-operation with HP, 
Oracle and F-Secure was a declared a success for both organizers 
and attendees. The two-day conference, held in Dipoli, Finland 
on February 27-28, attracted close to 400 visitors from 
Finland's largest corporations and public organizations.  
Participants at the inaugural Linux Summit examined a range 
of sustainable, commercially viable GNU/Linux and Open Source
solutions.

"I am pleased at the Summit's success.  I believe it will be 
a boost for GNU/Linux in Finland, especially in the domains 
of business and government. I would like to thank our sponsors 
for making the Summit possible, and the speakers who provided 
such excellent and stimulating content for our audience of 
decision-makers", said Santeri Kannisto, Managing Director, SOT.

Eighty-five percent of attendees rated the content and 
organization of the Summit as "good" or "excellent".  
Participants voted Linux International's Jon "Maddog" Hall 
as the most interesting speaker, followed by Brother Viktor 
of Valamo Monastery and Nokia's Esa Nurmi. The most popular
training seminar was a "Linux and Security" tutorial given 
by Brazilian security expert Pedro Bueno.

Sponsors were also pleased with the outcome.

"We will definitely do this again next year.  The Summit has
received an extraordinary amount of praise from people who
appreciated its high-level technical and business content, 
and its expert speakers. I hope that at next year's Summit 
we can have representatives from Redmond participate, 
to satisfy those who are interested in the interoperability 
of the two leading operating systems. This year, 
unfortunately, that didn't happen" commented 
Mr. Erno Räsänen, Manager, Marketing, SOT.

The Linux Summit website, http://www.linuxsummit.org, contains 
selected training material and lectures from the Summit, along 
with pictures and video.  Interested parties can also sign up 
at the website for email announcements regarding the next Linux 
Summit, planned to be held in Helsinki, Finland in 
February 2004.


About SOT

SOT is a software house, founded in Finland in 1991, with 
an extensive knowledge of GNU/Linux and Open Source. SOT 
has been successfully deploying GNU/Linux and Open Source 
solutions for over 7 years, and has been an active participant 
in the international GNU/Linux development effort, with its 
own SOT Linux distribution.


Additional information:

Linux Summit: http://www.linuxsummit.org
SOT: http://www.sot.com/


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