It was just about a year ago that Linux Magazine made its debut at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose, CA. Earlier this year, IDG held its third LinuxWorld in less than a year in New York City, and what a show it was! The attendance was close to 20,000 (twice what it was at last year’s LinuxWorld), and there were a ton of new exhibitors.
All Together Now: Brian Behlendorf (center) leads Collab.net’s independent efforts at championing open source projects.
It was just about a year ago that Linux Magazine made its debut at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose, CA. Earlier this year, IDG held its third LinuxWorld in less than a year in New York City, and what a show it was! The attendance was close to 20,000 (twice what it was at last year’s LinuxWorld), and there were a ton of new exhibitors.
Acquisitions were the name of the game at LinuxWorld New York. Atipa Linux Solutions announced that it was purchasing Enhanced Software Technologies (makers of the BRU back-up utility), and VA Linux Systems caught everyone’s attention by announcing that it had acquired Andover.net (the parent company of Slashdot.org and Freshmeat.net).
VA’s announcement set off a firestorm of controversy. Many people were concerned that Slashdot would lose its editorial independence under VA. Many others came to VA’s defense, pointing to Linux.com as an example of the fact that VA understands how to operate community-driven Web sites. For its part, VA pledged that it would in no way interfere with Slashdot’s independence.
But despite the intense attention on Slashdot, it may be that Freshmeat — the most popular software repository in Linuxdom…
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