ADVISORY/LinuxWorld Kicks Off This Week in San Francisco.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (Aug. 4) LinuxWorld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2003 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003
WHAT: LinuxWorld Conference & Expo ( www.linuxworldexpo.com)
WHERE: The Moscone Center, San Francisco
WHEN: Conferences: August 4-7, 2003
Expo: August 5-7, 2003
WHO: Owned and produced by IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com)
HOW: Media registration is located outside of Room 130 in the
Moscone Center. Please be prepared to present a photo ID and
appropriate credentials (details available at
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny03/V40/index.cvn?id=
10220&p_navID=66).
(Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste
this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.)
Attendee registration will also be available in the Upper North
Lobby of the Moscone Center. The cost for an Exhibits Only pass
is $30; conference passes start at $395.
On-site registration hours:
Monday, August 4 8:00am-6:00pm
Tuesday, August 5 8:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday, August 6 8:00am-5:00pm
Thursday, August 7 9:00am-3:00pm
SELECTED EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: -- Keynotes from HP Executive Vice President Peter Blackmore (August 5 at 10:30am); Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Executive Vice President Jonathan Schwartz Jonathan Schwartz or Jon Schwartz is the name of several persons:
Chairman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President Matthew J. Szulik (August 5 at 4:30pm); IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) e-business on Demand General Manager Irving Wladawsky-Berger (August 6 at 10:30am); and Oracle Executive Vice President Charles Rozwat (August 6 at 3:30pm). -- State of Open Source Roundtable taking place August 6 at 1:30pm, featuring perspectives from analysts representing D.H. Brown, IDC, Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
Larry Augustin Larry Augustin is a venture capitalist and the the former chairman of VA Software, now known as SourceForge, Inc.. He founded VA Research, the predecessor to that company, in 1993 while a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at Stanford University. , partner at Azure azure /az·ure/ (azh´er) one of three metachromatic basic dyes (A, B, and C). az·ure n. Any of various dyes used in biological stains, especially for blood and nuclear staining. Capital Partners. -- The Linux Financial Summit, a special line-up of sessions examining Linux and open source technology implementations and best practices among financial services institutions taking place August 5. -- More than 150 exhibitors, including Computer Associates, Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Novell, Oracle, Pogo Linux, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, Supermicro Computer and VERITAS. -- A demonstration of Linux-based robots conducting a search and rescue mission for a hidden penguin doll August 6 at 3:00pm in the Taste of Linux pavilion. -- The Golden Penguin Bowl, a live, entertaining quiz show featuring distinguished Linux personalities and hosted by Damage Studios' Chris DiBona August 5 at 12:00pm. -- An "Open Source State of the Union" presentation for media from Bruce Perens, open source evangelist, developer & book editor in the press conference room August 6 at 9:30am. -- Additional press conferences from IBM, Novell, BEA Systems, Cyclades Corporation, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, LTSP LTSP Linux Terminal Server Project LTSP Lutheran Theological Seminary At Philadelphia LTSP Long Term Science Plan (NASA) , LinuxWorld Magazine, Delixus Interoperability Software and Linuxcare. |
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