LinuxWorld to OpenSource World: A move in the right direction?

Courtesy Enterprise Linux Log  Fri, 10/10/2008 - 12:15

Same time. Same place. New name. After a 20% drop in attendance last summer, LinuxWorld is ending its decade as an independent trade show and will re-emerge next year with a new name and a broadened focus as Open Source World.

Just like last year’s LinuxWorld, OpenSource World will take place in August in San Francisco’s Moscone Center.

The change mystifies this LinuxWorld 2008 attendee. Last summer’s event clearly drew disappointing crowds, with lots of excess...

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