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04/04/2006,
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The $100 laptop was first announced by Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab chairman and co-founder, at the World Economic Forum in January 2005. This new development, based on Linux, could revolutionize how we educate the world's children.
Some have questioned the logic of personal laptops and suggested that community computing centers are a better allocation of resources. Yet, one does not think of community pencils - kids have their own. They are tools to think with, sufficiently inexpensive to be used for work and play, drawing, writing, and mathematics. A computer can be the same, but far more powerful. The $100 laptop will be the first large-scale weapon in the fight against the digital divide, and a free Linux core makes it all possible.
The preliminary schedule is to have units ready for shipment by the end of 2006 or early 2007. Hear Dr. Negroponte expound upon the far-reaching ramifications of this revolutionary computer.
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04/04/2006,
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
athenahealth has built a $60M company on a mix of open source and proprietary solutions, and is adding more to the open source mix every day. Hear about the company's use of free and commercial open source from its CTO, Bob Gatewood, who will give details about the infrastructure, integration of open and proprietary systems, and lessons the company has learned in its eight-year history. This address will be especially interesting to enterprises considering the adoption of open source systems, as well as open source vendors and integrators serving those enterprises.
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04/04/2006,
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Back by popular demand, it’s the Golden Penguin Bowl, hosted by Jeremy Allison. Expect an epic battle this year, as we bring you the riveting spectacle of Oracle nerds vs. MySQL geeks. Find answers to age-old questions like "What is your name?", "What is your favorite color?", and "What is the terminal velocity of an unladen swallow?" This irreverent geek trivia game will determine who takes home the coveted Golden Penguin. Watch the action live and in the flesh on Tuesday, April 4, 4:30 pm.
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04/05/2006,
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Dr. Kevin Kettler, Dell Chief Technology Officer, will discuss how virtualization is challenging traditional models of computing. From the desktop to the data center, users are realizing the potential of virtual environments to tackle complex business challenges around simplifying operations, improving utilization, and cost effectively scaling. He will also explore client virtualization opportunities that allow users to run multiple OS instances to improve productivity, provide secure Web browsing, and enhance digital entertainment. Dr. Kettler's discussion will build on his belief that open industry standards in enterprise and client computing will extend the role of Linux in the marketplace.
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04/05/2006,
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
According to recent research by software analysts at Goldman-Sachs, Enterprise software companies spent 82% of new license revenues on sales & marketing in 2005, up from 66% in 2000. Effectively, traditional Enterprise software companies are charging their customers to sell to them. At the same time, the profitable part of most software vendor's business today is now maintenance and support. What's wrong with this picture? In this panel, moderated by Dr. Larry Augustin, learn how industry leading Open Source software startups are changing the rules of traditional Enterprise software with a more efficient model that saves their customers money and delivers better software.
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04/06/2006,
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
 | Bill HilfGM of Windows Server Marketing, Microsoft Corporation.
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Customers have open source software. Customers have proprietary software. Customers just want it all to work together. This dream is becoming a reality as companies and projects in both the commercial and open source space are working together to solve the interoperability challenge and bring a solution to one of the biggest pain points for customers today. In this talk, Bill Hilf will walk through the research and analysis from Microsoft's Linux/Open Source labs around these issues.
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