Los Angeles, CA December 28, 2004

If you're interested in Linux and Open source Software, the Southern California Linux Expo is for you. There are seminars by well-known speakers, tutorials for beginners, and both vendor booths and non- commercial booths.

If you think you'd like to attend SCALE, don't delay; early registration with discount admission ends December 31st!

These speakers have been added to the roster:

Ted Gould – Inkscape Jeffrey Bianchine – author of Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management

These sponsors are newly signed with the Linux Expo: Barracuda Networks – Basic Sponsor Petta Technology – Basic Sponsor ObjectWeb – Media Sponsor New Avenue Systems – Basic Sponsor LinuxLookup.com – Media Sponsor 21st Century Software – Basic Sponsor

Do you have a GPG or PGP security key? You can expand your web of trust at the SCALE 3X Key Signing party. If you'd like to participate, you should bring at least one legible copy of your GPG / PGP key fingerprint. A picture ID is recommended, but not required. If you plan to participate, send your public key to keysigning@socallinuxexpo.org.

SCALE 3X will be held February 12th and 13th, 2005, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information or to register for SCALE, see http://socallinuxexpo.com.