ADVISORY/Red Hat CEO, Matthew Szulik, To Keynote LinuxWorld Address.Business/Technology Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (August 30) LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
Event: Red Hat CEO, Matthew Szulik, To Keynote LinuxWorld
Address
Location: LinuxWorld Conference & Exposition
Marriott San Francisco--Salon 9;
San Francisco, California
Day/Time: Thursday--August 30, 2001 / 9:00 a.m.--10:00 a.m. PT
Webcast: http://www.technetcast.com/tnc_catalog.html?item_id=1260
OPEN SOURCE NOW! The open source community has created one of the most powerful forces for technological change in history. But now we must act to promote open source in our schools and protect open source in our government. Technology companies, particularly those that create and sell proprietary software, approach our schools as a marketplace, not as a responsibility. By extending their lock on the educational system, they have restricted choice, institutionalized in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es 1. a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to. b. inefficiency and imposed artificially high prices. In our government, a lack of organization among the open source community has let the lobbying interests of proprietary software vendors go unchallenged. On this the 10th anniversary of Linux, Red Hat President and 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. Matthew Szulik Matthew J. Szulik - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Red Hat, leader of some other technology companies, such as Interleaf and MapInfo for more than 20 years. will address the power open source software can have on our schools and society in his LinuxWorld keynote titled, "Open Source Now." This presentation is scheduled for Thursday, August 30, 2001 from 9:00 a.m.--10:00 a.m. PT in Salon 9 of the Marriott 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 . Following CEO Matthew Szulik's keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. , Red Hat representatives will be on hand in the Red Hat booth (#653) on the LinuxWorld Exposition floor. CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Michael Tiemann will also be on hand to discuss recent initiatives that Red Hat has announced and the company's overall technology focus moving forward. Also at the Red Hat booth, Red Hat will be showcasing Red Hat Embedded Linux and the latest embedded technology. The Red Hat Embedded Linux demo will feature a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. configuration tool, robust tools for building systems on an ARM-based board, remote debugging, and more. For additional information on the conference and the recent Red Hat announcements, please visit http://www.redhat.com |
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