From: Conrad Parker <conrad@slug.org.au>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:37:52 +1100
Subject: linux.conf.au 'early-bird' discounts extended to Jan 6


Only two weeks to go till linux.conf.au hits Sydney!

There are many interesting talks lined up which really show how far
Linux and Free Software development have come recently. The topics
cover kernel development, many different approaches to low-level
graphics work (video, 3D, and 2D), and quite a lot of cutting-edge
userspace stuff. It appears that in many areas of application we left
the question of "will Linux ever do such-and-such" long ago, and are
now healthily arguing out the pros and cons of a handful of different
implementations. It'll be great to have some of that discussion
happening at our conference, and also in the local pubs and on the beach.

Anyway, on to today's news ...

The organisers of linux.conf.au, being fundamentally nice people, have
decided to extend the time for the 'early-bird' discount such that it
continues until this Saturday, the 6th of January.

                http://linux.conf.au/register/

What this means for those who have not yet registered is that you will
still get last year's 'early-bird' prices if you register this week.

What this means for those of you who have already registered is that you
may continue, guiltlessly, to encourage your friends and associates to
accompany you.

What this means for us (the organisers) is that we have allowed ourselves
to recover peacefully from New Year's celebrations. Surely a winning
situation all around.

As a reminder, the 'early-bird' prices (Australian dollars, inc. GST)
are:

        $99  for students
        $250 for hobbyists (LUG members, etc)
        $540 for the full Professional rate.

After this weekend these registration prices will each be raised by a
'late fee' of $50. Please be assured that this is not an irrational act
of spitefulness, we need to meet our own costs in a timely manner and
your prompt payment is appreciated. We are nice people, after all :)

Everyone attending will have full access to the four days of conference
sessions, including all the tutorials, all the paper presentations, all
the keynotes, all the Birds of a Feather meetings ... and the pub crawl.

The prices really are as low as we could possibly make them. Remember
that this is not a trade show, and this is not an 'Expo'. This is a
developers conference, run by volunteers, where you hear about free
software from the people who wrote it and have ample opportunity to talk
to them in detail about it.


Full details of the topics to be presented are at:

        http://linux.conf.au/papers/

including people such as:

        John 'maddog' Hall of Linux International (dinner speaker)

        Alan Cox (UK): kernel guru, outlining secret plans for 2.4
        Dave Miller (USA): kernel networking guru
        Andrew Tridgell (Oz): creator of Samba, rsync, hacking TiVo
        Rasterman (Oz, in USA): Enlightenment, hardware accelerated X11
        Rik van Riel (NL, in Brazil): kernel memory management
        Richard Gooch (Oz, in Canada): devfs, and a new init system


Registration information is at:

        http://linux.conf.au/register/

Online registration, for Visa, Mastercard and Bankcard is at:

        http://linux.conf.au/register/online/

A schedule of events (including social events!) is at:

        http://linux.conf.au/schedule/

We look forward to seeing you there! Have a Happy New Year,

Conrad.
linux.conf.au Organisers: lca-organisers@lists.linux.org.au

ps. it looks like Alan Cox's talk on Linux 2.4 could be very timely ;-)