Linux Desktop Summit 2004 Review

I had the experience this week of attending the Linux Desktop Summit hosted by Michael Robertson's Linspire, Lindows, or whatever you want to call it these days. Irregardless of what you call it, it's Linux, and the general consensus from vendors and attendees was, "We're here to stay." I have to say that this was an interesting convention. Keeping in line with the Linux community, there was more of a sense of community rather than the typical "Choose our product" ambiance, With a few exceptions of course.

My first stop was Lexmark's free printer raffle... Interesting to see that they cared about Linux and driver support.

Next was LPI (Linux Professional Institute). There they were offering $25.00 exams for certification, which was one helluva deal considering Red Hat's pricing model. Which prompted me over to the Red Hat booth with arms raised...

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