Scale-planning

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blog?
by brewthatistrue 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Is anything going to be posted to the blog from Scale4X? I had assumed that it was going to be used heavily during the conference, but am now wondering if it will be used at all. It seems an ideal means of distributing expo content such as slides, audio, and notes. It also seems like it would have been a good forum to decompress and discuss the conference and talks.

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SCALE 4x Wrap-up
by Dennis Drexler 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

âSCALE Rocksâ - Jono Bacon from his blog. Others: âThis is great!â âWow!â âWe'll be back next year ... and the year after that.â Those were just some of the comments from attendees and exhibitors at the SCALE 4x event this weekend in Los Angeles. The expo drew the faithful from such diverse locations as Sacramento, Baton Rouge and Cincinnati in addition to more major metropolitan areas across the U.S. and, of course, So Cal. The growth in exhibits and sessions was obvious from the first day. Exciting keynotes kicked off each day, leaving SCALErs having to choose which of the four concurrent tracks to join. Chris DiBona packed the room with his entertaining look into the amazing journey Google has taken from a quasi-random pile of hardware at Stanford in 1997 to its position as one of the most recognized names on the Internet. No small amount of the day one buzz centered around Adam Leventhal's dtrace demonstration. Overheard: âI've never owned a Sun box, but I want to get one just to use dtrace.â Who says that geeks don't have fun? Saturday night, SCALE hosted some fun & games in the form of The Weakest Geek trivia contest. A reception followed, with everyone rubbing elbows and recapping the day over a cold one or two. Alex Perry delivered a delightful and artfully-presented session on Debian â the foundation for a plethora of new-comers to the list of Linux distributions as well as being a solid and stable favorite in its own right. Charles Edge presented practical network security advice to a well-attended session and drew a lot of interactive discussion from the audience. The much-anticipated talk by Hans Reiser was filled with details about the Reiser4 file system. Hans let the group set the depth gauge as he brought them into the inner circle, sharing his thoughts and motivations about his work in addition to covering the features and explored concepts such as dancing trees and global namespace. One of my favorite sessions on day two was enthusiastically offered by Steve Friedl on being a consultant. A roomful of both current and hopeful consultants listened intently as Steve brought a mix of humor and pragmatic advice gleaned from his 20 years in business as an independent consultant. After the organizers finally had to cut off questions in the overtime session to make room for the next speaker, Steve was mobbed by those wanting to hear more. Exhibit highlights included IBM and their partitioned iSeries server running Linux, Novell (their stuffed Tux was probably the most coveted show schwag, right behind the flashing LED Google pins) and LFS Technologies (and their flight simulator which has become a perennial favorite). I never got to talk to the Debian devs; the throng around their booth was usually three deep. KnoppMyth once again showed beautiful graphics with their packaged PVR solution. XIOtech and Qualstar provided some eye candy for the hardware junkies among the crowd. Meanwhile, in the email garden, those seductive Shuttle boxes running Knoppix drew as much attention as the content they were there to connect to. The LUG area always seemed to be packed with Linux zealots, curious noobs and many in between. A friendly welcome was always ready for anyone who stopped by to chat. By the time the show wound down Sunday afternoon, it seemed clear that attendance had also exceeded previous events. The fourth Southern California Linux Expo had accomplished its mission of bringing users, businesses and developers together to share their unique knowledge and experiences. How will they top all of this for SCALE 5x? Look for more big names in the speaking sessions, expanded exhibits and a larger venue. Or, join in the effort at scale-planning and help us build a bigger and better SCALE for next year. A closing quote from Michael Perry: "What I do know is that without a place for the community of users to cuss and discuss, we lose sight of the mission. I'll continue to come to SCALE when its 5x better. :)â See you at 5x.

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One Day till SCALE! -- ODF Workshop Schedule
by Ilan Rabinovitch 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

While SCALE technically doesn't start until Saturday morning, the OpenDocument Format Workshop is Friday afternoon at the LAX Radisson. If you or your organization is contemplating moving to a standardized open document format for your documents, this is the place to be. The workshop is free, but you must register to attend. Register via email to odf(a)socallinuxexpo.org. See http://socallinuxexpo.com/odf/ for details. Here's the ODF Workshop schedule: 12:00pm-12:50pm Check In 1:00pm-1:50pm Keynote - Peter Quinn (Former MA CIO) 1:50pm-2:00pm Break 2:00pm-2:50pm Doug Heintzman (IBM) 2:50pm-3:00pm Break 3:00pm-3:50pm Gary Edwards (OpenOffice.org) 3:50pm-4:00pm Break 4:00pm-4:50pm J. David Eisenberg (OpenDocument Fellowship) 4:50pm-5:00pm Break 5:00pm-6:00pm Susy Strubl (Sun Microsystems) 6:00-7:00pm Questions and Answers Following the Q&A period, SCALE speakers, exhibitors and staff will be hanging out at the Top Of The Radisson for a couple of hours. Join us and mingle! _______________________________________________ Scale-announce mailing list Scale-announce(a)mail.socallinuxexpo.com http://mail.socallinuxexpo.com/mailman/listinfo/scale-announce

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Re: [Scale-planning] Fwd: Re: SCALE
by Russell Miller 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

On Thursday 19 January 2006 15:24, shyam kapadia wrote: > Hi Russell, > > We will have a copy of all the speaker presentations online a couple of > weeks after SCALE. Also, unlike last year we aim to also do a better job of > providing the speaker audio track this year. Video > streaming might have to wait till next year. > I've forwarded all of your responses to Pamela. If I hear more from her I will be happy to forward it along. --Russell

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Re: [Scale-planning] Fwd: Re: SCALE
by Jason Riker 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

---- Russell Miller <rmiller(a)duskglow.com> wrote: > I got this question (below) from Pamela Jones at groklaw, oddly enough. How > should I respond? > > I think a centralized place to put PDFs of handouts, etc., after the > conference would be a teriffic idea. > > --Russell > Russell, I believe Gareth said podcasts will be available after the show. If she's interested, I would like to invite her to designate one or two people to work as "Press Reps" for Groklaw. I sent an e-mail to the webmaster of her site with this request asking that it be forwarded to her. I have yet to hear back from him/her. Would you mind e-mailing her or giving me her e-mail so I can send it to her? Thank you. Jason Riker

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Fwd: Re: SCALE
by Russell Miller 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

I got this question (below) from Pamela Jones at groklaw, oddly enough. How should I respond? I think a centralized place to put PDFs of handouts, etc., after the conference would be a teriffic idea. --Russell ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Question: is any of the conference going to be streamed? If not, how about notes from presentations or papers? Any hope of Groklaw sharing any of that?

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SCALE in the press
by Ilan Rabinovitch 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

A few links from the news today: SoCal Linux Expo preview: ODF, KDE4, Asterisk on the agenda http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/19/scale_linux/ SCALE: Peter Quinn To Be Keynote Speaker http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060119061622373 Peter Quinn to speak at SCALE in LA in February http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog_comments.jspa?blog=384&… -- The Southern California Linux Expo (Feb 11-12, 2006) -- "We are bringing businesses, academic institutions and the Linux community together in a way that no other conference does!" http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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Room / Ride Share Board
by Ilan Rabinovitch 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

We have put our room / ride share forum back online for this year's show. If you are interested in carpooling or sharing a room at the hotel feel free to post in the forum. URL: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/forum/ The SCALE discount rate at the Radisson allows up to 4 people per room for only $99 / night. To get this rate mention SCALE or Southern California Linux Expo when reserving your room. -Ilan -- The Southern California Linux Expo (Feb 11-12, 2006) -- "We are bringing businesses, academic institutions and the Linux community together in a way that no other conference does!" http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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Peter Quinn
by Ilan Rabinovitch 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

As of Monday Peter Quinn has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for SCALE's Workshop On OpenDocument Format in Government . We will be putting out a press release shortly with full details. This will be Mr. Quinn's first presentation since his resignation. Regards, Ilan -- The Southern California Linux Expo (Feb 11-12, 2006) -- "We are bringing businesses, academic institutions and the Linux community together in a way that no other conference does!" http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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SCALE Early bird ticket sales end tonight!
by Orv Beach 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

If you're planning on attending this year's SoCal Linux Expo, today is your last day to buy tickets at the reduced price; ticket prices go up tonight at midnight PST. The speaker tracks are full, and almost all of the expo booths have been filled. This year's SCALE is shaping up to be the best ever; don't miss it! -------------------------- ETel, the O'Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference, hones in on the crucial issues of growth, opportunity, and disruption, surrounding IP telephony and related technologies. Use ETEL06BKB for 40% discount. http://conferences.oreilly.com/etel/

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