Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:38:22 -0600 From: "Michael J. Hammel" <mjhammel@graphics-muse.org> To: lwn@lwn.net Subject: CLIQ 2001 Signs HP, David L. Sifry, CTO of Linuxcare Colorado Linux Info Quest - CLIQ http://thecliq.org CLIQ 2001 Signs David L. Sifry, CTO of Linuxcare, as keynote speaker along with new corporate sponsor Hewlett Packard Sifry and HP join with corporate sponsors tummy.com, LWN.net, SGI, and Compaq, advertising sponsors Linux Journal and Linux Magazine, area Linux user groups, and a host of talented and well known speakers to host the Rocky Mountain regions premiere Linux conference and exhibit. Denver, CO (March 1, 2001) -- The Colorado Linux Info Quest (CLIQ) board of directors is pleased to announce the signing of David L. Sifry, Chief Technology Officer of Linuxcare, as our keynote speaker. Sifry brings his technical expertise, engaging personality and survival instincts from a company that has beaten the odds to become a top tier provider of software and services for the Linux industry. Along with Sifry, CLIQ is proud to announce the signing of their fifth top level sponsor for this event: Hewlett Packard. Located in Ft. Collins, HP's Linux Development Center is the focus of all Linux development for this technology giant. "I'm honored that CLIQ has asked me to keynote," noted Sifry in an email interview. "CLIQ is known for its high quality speakers and interesting attendees. Events like this show that even with the massive increase in corporate interest of Linux and open-source software, many of the major innovations are still coming out of the grass-roots community that gave birth to this movement, and that the revolution is not only alive, but it is growing. Alan Meyer, R&D Manager for Linux Kernel Development in the Linux Systems Operation of Hewlett Packard says HP is pleased to be a top level sponsor for this year's event. "There is a tremendous amount of Linux activity within Colorado, and CLIQ is playing a vital role in creating a local forum for sharing information. With HP's Linux Systems Operation based in Fort Collins, we are pleased to support the efforts of CLIQ, and look forward to participating in the 2001 event." In another recent news, CLIQ 2001 sponsor Compaq has announced that they will be demonstration a Proliant/Linux high availability Steeleye Cluster in their booth (Booth A1, at the front door of the exhibit). Stop by and see a Linux cluster at work! Compaq is also providing flat-panel client systems and an Alpha server for use with the CLIQ designed and built exhibitor and attendee registration system. Hotel discount deadline looms The Denver Marriott Tech Center has given us a March 15th deadline for attendees to get the $79/night discount for CLIQ 2001. If you plan on staying at the hotel you'll need to make your reservations before March 15th. Call the Marriott reservations center at 303-779-1100, tell them that you will be attending the Colorado Linux Info Quest and ask for the $79 discount rate. CLIQ 2001 Speaker Lineup This years event includes noted speakers such as Scott Draeker of Loki Entertainment Software, Andy Hertzfeld of Eazel, Havoc Pennington of Red Hat and the GNOME Foundation, Kurt Granroth of KDE and John Lasser, author of the book "Think Unix." One of the major events of the show this year will be the Desktop Panel discussion, where representatives from GNOME, KDE, Eazel, Linuxcare, and XFree86/VA Linux will talk about the present and future of the Linux desktop as well as take questions from the audience. The current set of invited talks includes the following: Keynote David A. Sifry, CTO of Linuxcare. Bio: David Sifry, Linuxcare co-founder, is a recognized expert on open-source development and the Linux operating system. Himself an open-source developer, Sifry has contributed code to such projects as GNU Emacs, Majordomo, packetrace, jitterbug, and to the Linux kernel itself. In addition, he managed the development of SecureVPS, an open-source virtual private networking server for Linux. He is currently the architect and lead developer of GCTP, the Group Calendaring Transport Protocol, and OpenFlock, an open-source implementation of a GCTP server. His service to the Linux community includes membership on the Board of Directors of Linux International and the vice-presidency of the Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG). He has served as an advisor on free software matters for companies including Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and IBM. * Business Track 1. Commercially-developed games -- Scott Draeker, Co-founder and CEO of Loki Entertainment Software 2. The State of Embedded Linux, Rick Lehrbaum, Founder, LinuxDevices.com 2000 will probably be remembered as the year Linux became known for being the fastest growing operating system for servers -- threatening Microsoft's position in the enterprise market. 2001, on the other hand, may well be the year Linux finds its way into thousands of embedded systems and intelligent products, challenging the established order in the embedded software market. In this talk, Rick Lehrbaum will explain why Linux is ideal for embedded applications, give some examples of "cool devices" with Linux inside, review the results of recent market surveys conducted by LinuxDevices.com, and make some predictions about the growth of Embedded Linux over the next few years. Bio: Rick Lehrbaum created the LinuxDevices.com "embedded Linux portal", which is now part of the ZDNet Linux Resource Center. Rick has worked in the field of embedded systems since 1979. He co-founded Ampro Computers, founded the PC/104 Consortium, and was instrumental in launching the Embedded Linux Consortium. 3. Return on Investment in the Open Source Movement, Patrick Lannigan, VP of Business Development, NuSphere Bio: Patrick has 20 years experience in the computer industry and has worked for Oracle, Powersoft/Sybase, InSystems, AT&T and Concurrent Computer Corporation, in a variety of capacities including technical support, pre-sales, sales, teaching, marketing and business development. Prior to joining NuSphere, Patrick Lannigan was the Director of Business Development for Progress Software, focused on merger and acquisition opportunities. Patrick first joined Progress in 1990. Since 1996 Patrick has tracked the advancements of open source technologies such as Linux, Perl, Apache and PHP. It was the discovery and use of MySQL, however, that enabled him to form a complete vision for a business centered around open source technology that could also leverage the core competency of Progress Software. * Desktop Track 1. Introduction to the Linux Command Line; Jon Lasser, author of "Think Unix". Although GNOME and KDE have made it easier to use Linux, the real power of Linux is in its command line. This talk will introduce the basics of the Linux command line and provide a tantalizing taste of its possibilities. Topics covered will include a brief introduction to 'man pages,' the standard Unix documentation; navigating the command line; and redirection and pipes. Bio: Jon Lasser is Senior Systems Administrator at SkyNetWEB-Affinity, columnist for Web Hosting magazine, and the author of Think Unix (2000, Que), an introduction to Linux and Unix for power users. He has been involved with Linux and Unix since 1993 and is lead coordinator for the Bastille Linux project. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife Kathleen and their three cats. See the Slashdot review of Jon's text. 2. Panel discussion on the Linux desktop; An open-floor discussion on the state of the Linux desktop: where is it, where is it headed, what's missing, and what's cool. Panelists include: 1. Andy Hertzfeld, Software Wizard and Cofounder of Eazel, Inc. (or possibly another Eazel representative) 2. Havoc Pennington, GNOME Foundation Chair who works at Red Hat and is one of the lead developers for the GNOME and GTK+ projects 3. Daryll Strauss, Multimedia and Graphics Engineering Practice Lead at VA Linux Systems 4. Kurt Granroth, KDE Core Developer/Evangelist, SuSE Labs 5. Dave Desrosiers, Linuxcare 3. An Introduction to the GNOME and KDE Desktops; Havoc Pennington, GNOME Foundation and Kurt Granroth, KDE Bios: Havoc Pennington is the Chair of the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors and a long-time contributor to the GNOME Project. He maintains the GConf configuration library and currently spends most of his time hacking on the GTK+ GUI toolkit. Havoc is the author of the book "GTK+/GNOME Application Development" and works as a developer for Red Hat, Inc. Kurt Granroth is a KDE Core Developer and a long time Linux user. He is responsible for doing anything that needs to be done to ensure that is KDE the best application development platform in the world. His job as an Open Source developer for the SuSE Labs gives him the freedom to do just that. These tasks range from being president of KDE e.V. and organizing the KDE League to press interviews and contacts to library and core infrastructure development to website development and everything in between. Kurt has been a Linux user since 1994 and graduated from Michigan Technological University with a BSCS. * Development Track 1. Porting Debian to PA-RISC and IA-64; Bdale Garbee, Debian Porting Linux to a new CPU architecture is an interesting mix of exasperation and the joy of discovery. To deliver a complete distribution requires effort in each of the kernel, toolchain, and application development spaces. This talk will provide an overview of the process, then compare and contrast Debian's ongoing efforts with PA-RISC and IA-64. Along the way, unique tools and processes Debian uses to maintain more actively supported architectures than any other Linux distribution will be explored. Bio: By day, Bdale Garbee manages a team at Agilent Technologies that architects and maintains technical computing infrastructure used by R&D and Manufacturing engineers who build electronic test and measurement instruments. Outside of Agilent, he builds pieces of amateur radio satellites, and is a long-time contributor to the Free Software community. Bdale has been a developer of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution since 1995. In addition to maintaining a large number of packages, he has helped port Debian to five non-i386 architectures, most recently PA-RISC and IA-64. Married with two children, he also has a growing interest in making Debian more successful as a computing environment for young learners. 2. Languages/Web Development: Paul Everitt, CEO of Digital Creations, will speak on either Open Source Content Management or the Zope Web publishing package. 3. Handhelds: Dave Desrosiers, Linuxcare, current maintainer of the Pilot Link software for syncing a Pilot with Linux desktop software. The current set of Birds of a Feather Sessions includes the following: 1.Linux Legislation BOF 2.Linux LUG BOF: Kara Pritchard, LinuxUsersGroups.org 3.Linux as an Enterprise Platform: Mission Critical Linux 4.Linux Systems Administration: James Davis, Art Walker 5.Zope BOF: Paul Everitt, CEO, Digital Creations (makers of Zope) 6.Python: Sean Reifschneider, Co-Founder, tummy.com 7.Open Source Development Laboratory: Tim Witham, OSDL Lab Director 8.Debian: Bdale Garbee, Debian Developer 9.GIMP: Michael J. Hammel, Senior Editor, LWN.net and author of GIMP for Web Professionals (coming from PTR) 10.XFree86 and the Linux Desktop: Daryll Strauss, XFree86 team and VA Linux Systems 11.Converting a business to Linux: John T. Taber, Ph.D., Tabermatics, Inc. 12.High Availability: Alan Robertson, Linux High Availability Project 13.PHP: Scott Marlow, IHS 14.Jabber Instant Messaging: Brett Moses, Jabber.com About CLIQ Colorado Linux Info Quest, known as CLIQ to it's members, is a registered non-profit organization in the state of Colorado. It is comprised of volunteers from regional Linux user groups throughout the Colorado Front Range. The aim of CLIQ is to assist both individual hobbyists and businesses in the Rocky Mountain and Central US regions find answers to the question "What can I do with Linux?" CLIQ 2001 will be held at the Denver Marriott Tech Center on March 30th, with "at the door" registration open on March 29th and 30th. The Denver Marriott Tech Center is located just east of I-25 and Belleview Blvd. in the Denver Tech Center. More information can be found on our web site at http://thecliq.org Contact Information CLIQ Chairman: Michael J. Hammel mjhammel@thecliq.org mjhammel@graphics-muse.org CLIQ Vendor Contact: Kevin Cullis kcullis@thecliq.org The CLIQ Web Site: http://thecliq.org General Information and Questions: info@thecliq.org