The Linux Foundation Announces End User Collaboration Summit

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization dedicated to
accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the first Linux
Foundation End User Collaboration Summit. The summit is a unique
opportunity for end users to learn and interact with leaders from within
the Linux community, including the highest level maintainers and
developers.

The inaugural summit will take place October 13-14, 2008, at the Desmond
Tutu Center in New York, New York and will provide end users a direct
connection and voice to the kernel community. It will also give Linux
community maintainers and developers direct access to knowledge sharing
opportunities with the users of their software.

The event was created at the request of the Linux Foundation's Technical
Advisory Board, which is comprised of key Linux community members. By
bringing together sophisticated end users and senior Linux developers, the
Linux Foundation hopes to accelerate innovation and adoption of Linux.

Highlights of the Linux Foundation End User Summit will include:

-- An address from Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian, which will include a Q&A
with the Linux Foundation's executive director Jim Zemlin.

-- A discussion with Paul Cormier, executive vice president and
president, Products and Technologies, Red Hat.

-- One-on-one discussions between end users and key Linux maintainers
James Bottomley, Dave Jones, Christoph Lameter, Chris Mason, Andrew Morton,
Arjan van de Ven, Chris Wright, and many more.

-- A panel featuring notable Linux end users from the New York Stock
Exchange, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, AIG, Credit Suisse, Fidelity
National Information Services, and more.

-- A keynote address from Anthony Williams, co-author of the best-selling
book Wikinomics, on how mass collaboration is changing the economics of the
software industry, with far reaching implications for end users.

-- Jon Corbet from LWN.net will present the Linux Weather Forecast, with
a spotlight on where the Linux kernel is headed in the next 12 to 24
months.

-- A candid discussion about end user participation in Linux with Rishab
Ghosh and Red Monk's Stephen O'Grady.

"The open source development model is unique. End users not only give
feedback on the software; they're a fundamental and critical part of the
community, submitting patches and developing new features themselves,"
said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. "Before this
event, however, there was no neutral forum that would advance and
optimize this collaboration. The End User Summit will fill this gap and
accelerate problem solving for Linux."

The Linux Foundation fosters innovation by hosting events for the Linux
technical community, application developers, industry and end users. These
events help to solve pressing issues facing Linux and fuel collaboration
and communication between all members of the Linux ecosystem: developers,
users, industry, ISVs and distribution vendors. Other Linux Foundation
events include a mix of industry and community conferences such as its
annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summits, Kernel Summit, the Linux
Plumbers Conference and the Linux Foundation Legal Summits.

More information on this and other events can be found at
http://www.linux-foundation.org/events/.

About the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a non-profit consortium dedicated to fostering the
growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work
of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open
source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux
Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified
resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete
with closed platforms. For more information on the Linux Foundation
please visit www.linuxfoundation.org.

Trademarks: The Linux Foundation and Linux Standard Base are trademarks of
The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party
marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.

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