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ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Jan. 20)

LinuxWorld New York 2004

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (www.linuxworldexpo.com)

WHERE:  The Javits Center, New York City

WHEN:   Conferences: January 20 - January 23, 2004
        Expo: January 21 - January 23, 2004

WHO:    Owned and produced by IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com)

HOW:    Media registration is in the Crystal Palace of the Javits
        Center. Please be prepared to present a photo ID and
        appropriate credentials (details available at
        http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/linuxworldny/V40/index.cvn?ID=10
        051)(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 Crystal
        Palace. The cost for an Exhibits Only pass is $30; conference
        passes start at $395.

        On-site registration hours:
        Tuesday, January 20     8:00am-5:00pm
        Wednesday, January 21   8:00am-5:00pm
        Thursday, January 22    8:00am-5:00pm
        Friday, January 23      9:00am-3:00pm

SELECTED EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:

-- Keynotes, presented by: Jack Messman, chairman and CEO of

Novell, Inc. on Wednesday, January 21 at 9:15am; Dave Dargo,

vice president, Linux Program Office at Oracle Corporation on

Wednesday January 21 at 11:45am; Tom Killalea, vice president

of Infrastructure at Amazon.com on Wednesday, January 21 at

2:45pm; Sam Greenblatt, senior vice president and chief

architect at Computer Associates on Thursday, January 22 at

11:30am; and Ross Mauri, general manager, e-Business on demand

for IBM Systems Group on Thursday, January 22 at 1:45pm.

-- The Linux Financial Summit, which is designed specifically for

IT executives in the financial services industry. Held on

Wednesday, January 21, the Linux Financial Summit will feature

expert commentary from BEA Systems, OSDL, IBM, Oracle

Corporation and Samba Developer Jeremy Allison, as well as

user perspectives from The Northern Trust, Reuters and Bank of

America.

-- The Golden Penguin Bowl, a live, entertaining quiz show

featuring distinguished Linux personalities and hosted by

Konstrux Technologies' Chris DiBona on Wednesday, January 21

at 4:30pm.

-- The second bi-annual "Open Source State of the Union"

presentation for media from Bruce Perens, open source

evangelist, developer & book editor, on Wednesday, January 21

at 3:30pm.

-- Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings (BOFs), where members of the Linux

community network informally with like-minded Linux users and

learn about the latest developments in Linux and open source.

BOFs begin after the exhibit floor closes on Wednesday,

January 21 and Thursday, January 22.

-- Dozens of educational sessions for the entire spectrum of open

source users and enthusiasts, including corporate and IT

executives, directors, administrators and developers.

-- Press Conferences presented by Novell, SuSE Linux, BEA

Systems, Inc., IBM, Xandros, RAE Internet, Sun, Red Hat,

Innovation Data Processing, X.org and Tyan Computer (full

schedule available on-site or by contacting us).