LinuxWorld and linux.conf.au wrapups [LWN.net]

Russell Pavlicek has sent us a wrapup of last week's LinuxWorld conference. "In all the booths, there was a different tone of communication. The magicians and campy actors who had once populated the demo areas were replaced with business presenters earnestly communicating the advantages of their respective corporations."

Leon Brooks, meanwhile, has posted "A Triumphal Wrapup" from linux.conf.au. "A penguin ambled out on-stage at the opening session, and then off again. After a few minutes, Rusty appeared with a penguin head under his arm. 'Ha, ha' said everyone, very funny, Rusty wore a penguin suit, yay. Then when everyone was thoroughly disarmed, Linus came back on in his usual casual way, wearing the headless suit. It took a minute or two for the penny to drop for quite a few people, but the cheers came."

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The linux.conf.au wrapup: Reality distortion field alert

Posted Jan 27, 2003 17:34 UTC (Mon) by rjamestaylor (guest, #339) [Link]

Linus is one hacker among a loose brotherhood of equals, a common elite, the kind of relationship with many religions and political systems have striven for and fallen short of.

This takes the cake for aggrandizement and succinctly demonstrates the "warp factor" of these kind of conferences. The LKML is a brotherhood composed of a common elite succeding where religion and politics have failed? (:

Anyway - the love must have been flowing. I just wonder if the author will regret this paragraph in the morning!