On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Orna Agmon wrote: > i was there, and so was mulix, as you can see in > http://www.advogato.com/person/mulix
yup, i was. i see now that i sent my impressions to shaul karl in private, so i shall add them here in case the list finds them interesting. On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Shaul Karl wrote: > IGLU front page has an announcement about `Linux Confrence at compaq' > that was held earlier this week. > > Can someone who attended post a short summary: > > * many / few people attended > * worth / not worth the time > and so on. > > More details then a short summary is desiarble. here are my *personal* impressions: compaq (as represented by the people lecturing) does not understand linux too well. example - they wrote that freebsd is a type of linux distribution. nonetheless, they see it as a viable market and support it fully. compaq also supports linux and open source - iglu was mentioned once or twice, as well as www.opensource.compaq.com. the lectures were very high level, as could be expected, and mostly marketish in nature. the dealt specifically with clustering on linux, not just linux. the audience didn't understand linux/open source/free software too well, in general. people continously asked "and you can download it from the internet, just like that?". the audience was mostly mature, not many people i would consider programmers (from appearance only!) but rather IT managers, etc. all in all, a very interesting day, much more interested than i expected it to be. even the one boring lecture was productive, since i coded a much needed feature for syscalltrack during it :) > anyone interested in specific aspects presented or not presented, is > welcome to ask me in private. likewise. -- mulix http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
