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Linux: so what's in it for me? (Register)
The Register interviews
industry experts at the Linux User & Development Expo in Birmingham
this week. "Although they wouldn't speak on the record, several
industry figures at Linux User, noted the geekie image continues to be
pervasive in the Linux world - even at a time when a majority of visitors
to Linux events are suits."
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Linux: so what's in it for me? (Register) Posted Jun 28, 2003 7:17 UTC (Sat) by Webexcess (subscriber, #197) [Link] "[the techies] need to remind themselves of what happened with the Net," another said. "It went from the exclusive domain of the techies, academics and military to a universal world and we all benefited from that. We can likewise, all benefit from Linux becoming a universal phenomenon," he said.The masses came to the Internet, and now we have tides of spam, AOL, websites done in all-Flash, or with music playing, or scrolling banners, and on and on. When the masses come to Linux I guess we can expect download accelerators with backdoors and spyware, and a huge increase in people complaining to mailing lists about features that just *must* be added to Linux *right away* ..and you want us to dress up in monkey suits to welcome this joyous future? I'll just keep wearing "jeans and [a] silly t-shirt" and get some coding done, thanks.
Linux: so what's in it for me? (Register) Posted Jun 30, 2003 11:55 UTC (Mon) by GLWilliams (guest, #12524) [Link] I agree with with most of what you said, except the download accelators with backdoors. It would mean that the masses who come to linux would have to have the ability to write programs, the patience, etc.In a Windows world, everything hooks up nice and/or you call tech support. I suspect that some hackers may end up working for the companies that will be built overnight during the wave, some may create some of these programs, but in the main hackers ethics will prevail and more hackers will walk out rather than write that crap. As to scores of spam, any of us that use mail get that. So, lets say your picture IS a forth coming reality...what to do about it?
Linux: so what's in it for me? (Register) Posted Jun 28, 2003 8:49 UTC (Sat) by amacater (subscriber, #790) [Link] As someone who was there on the Debian stand on day one - the show asa whole was a large networking/telecoms event. The Linux show had been grafted in by the organisers when there was insufficient demand for a Linux only show. Visitors attendance at the Debian booth seemed low compared to previous events but those who showed up stayed talking for a long time. The people who turned up at the Debian stand were inevitably all running Linux and wanted to talk about why they might use/switch to Debian - the potential audience was already committed. I commented to one of my more senior colleagues who said "We don't need a Linux show any more to sell it because everybody's using it" We don't need corporate Linux mind share any more - its there. But small volunteer organisations who actually do the coding - Rosegarden/KDE/Debian/OpenBSD - or user/activist groups - AFFS, UKUUG - don't have the corporate publicity budget of an HP/IBM/SGI to make them look good :) [All three of HP/IBM/SGI were pushing Linux hard - but in suits :) ]
Linux: so what's in it for me? (Register) Posted Jun 28, 2003 15:10 UTC (Sat) by ccchips (guest, #3222) [Link] When you put it that way, the battle between SCO and IBM shows up in a whole new light.If those suits "make it big" with Linux, will they remember who gave Linux to them in the first place?
Linux: so what's in it for me? (Register) Posted Jul 4, 2003 14:41 UTC (Fri) by dhj (guest, #4655) [Link] > The Linux show had been grafted in by the organisers when there was> insufficient demand for a Linux only show. Speaking as an organiser of this event, I don't think that's true. There are, after all, three Linux events of this type per year in the UK now. The event was originally planned for two days in April, but then the Iraq war started and many of our US-based conference speakers and exhibitors were reluctant to fly at that time. Postponing to June alongside Networks for Business seemed like a good idea, when we could get more mainstream IT types through the door over three days. This also meant that exhibitors had more time to speak to individual visitors. The 2004 event will be a pure Linux show at Olympia in London, which has already been booked for next April. Cheers Daniel James News + Web Editor LinuxUser & Developer
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