SCO/Linux debate at USENIX San Antonio conference

I wanted to invite you to the USENIX Technical Conference 
http://www.usenix.org/usenix03 in San Antonio at the Marriott 
Rivercenter -  June 9-14.

WHY COME?
First Public SCO/Linux Debate
Thursday, June 12 from 4-5:30
The USENIX Technical Conference provides the first public forum for 
the debate on infringement claims by SCO against Linux. Led by Chris 
DiBona, former Slashdot editor, Damage Studios founder and Open 
Source spokesperson, the discussion will focus on the intellectual 
property issues at the heart of the SCO vs. IBM case and its 
implications for Linux kernel developers and distributors. DiBona was 
recently nominated by Linus Torvalds to represent the Open Source 
community on a proposed committee that would examine the Linux kernel 
for proprietary code.

Other conference highlights:
Thursday, June 12 at 8:45-10:30 a.m.
The Keynote address will be given by Neal Stephenson, the author of 
several novels including Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, 
and the upcoming Quicksilver.

Friday, June 13
Modeling the Internet
Harry DeLano and Peter H. Salus, Matrix NetSystems

It's a bird! It's a plane! Look! Up in the sky . . .
If no one could agree on Superman, no wonder we aren't quite certain 
what the Internet looks like when it goes home to Smallville and 
takes off its Clark Kent suit. Thirty years ago, when the ARPAnet had 
well under 50 hosts, the diagram was easy; 20 years ago, when the 
number was 400, it could still be mastered. But today there are well 
over 200 million hosts.

Several different approaches are currently being pursued to represent 
the stucture and population of the Internet, and much of the data is 
muddled and inconsistent. Thus, part of the challenge is to gather it 
into a coherent representation of what's out there.

The SCO/Linux discussion is among the many highlights of the six day, 
multiple-track USENIX Annual Technical Conference which attracts the 
most respected computing experts to share their research on topics 
including Open Source software, security, wireless computing and 
nanotechnology.

Press Registration:
http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix03/registration/webforms.html
1) Select the complimentary registration tickbox on the first 
registration page for this conference.
2) When presented with the complimentary registration information 
page, select Wendy Grubow from the drop down menu and
3) enter approval code 2591 into the Approval code input box

2003 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
June 9-14
Marriott Rivercenter
San Antonio, TX
http://www.usenix.org/usenix03

-- 
wendy grubow
831-626-7503