Alexandro Colorado wrote:
I have been researching on events in the US, and SCALEx and OSCON are
two of the biggest US events, behind that is the Ohio Linux Fest and
the NorthEast linux fest events.
Hi Alexandro,
You mentioned this one and it is of most interest to me.
Ohio LinuxFest <http://www.ohiolinux.org/node/638> [1]
September 10-12 — Columbus, OH
Cost ?
I attended in 2009, well over 1,000 others did so also I would say.
Day 1 - Friday.
A number of hands on work shops (and Cert testing)
Day 2 - Saturday sessions [1]
3 presentation rooms (large)
( each called a track..guess that sounds better then saying "We sold the
space for a vendor name, like a pro football stadium" )
- Google
- Source Forge
- OpenSuse
1 smaller presentation room.
- OpenSource solution stage ( *smile*...guess this then is the sand lot
'pitch' for local kids to play on)
A number of vendor's, at tables, in center hall, on Saturday.
- Some lugs / community volunteer groups
( For example an Ubuntu User group had a table, but don't recall seeing
one for Canonical. A group that works with disadvantaged youth in
Columbus, training them in pc repair/re-cycling - as part of their labor
[in addition to some skills] they build their own PC to keep, outfitted
with Linux and OO.o, of course - also, a very interesting Community
Design Center in Columbus)
- Lots of data center service provider types ( talked with a few and
they where mixed local and regional [North East US] )
- Oracle had a table [ 1 guy, and only about 1/2 time...but he did give
away a bunch of discs ]
- Sponsors named
-- Novell
-- IBM
-- Oracle
-- RedHat
-- etc
Reserved Night club for attendees - Alexandro's favorite, live hip-hop -
Saturday night till...late.
Sunday I attended a full day workshop, 'Diversity in OpenSource projects'.
Perhaps 18 total attendees. A few of the OLF organizers, a FSF (former?)
staffer, Linux Mag editor, one of the primary organizers for the Atlanta
Linux fest, the principles for the training company which ran Friday's
events, individuals from other ohio groups (py and ??[sorry]) and a few
of us 'just' individuals.
- IBM furnished a catered (hot) meal. (Thanks by the way, in case
somewhere at oracle reads this, it was great)
I will follow up in another email, nosh scosh, regarding Sunday's
discussions. I've been meaning to, and once again proved I can
procrastinate with the best, as there was much interest in
OpenOffice.org, with some specificity of subject matter, regarding the
2010 conference.
Andrew Pitonyak presented at the 2008 (and I think 2007) event
regarding OpenOffice.org. He was not able to attend in 2009, but has
told me he intends on attending in September this year again, as do I.
Thanks,
Drew
[1] http://www.ohiolinux.org/schedule.html
