LinuxWorld Expo is in Boston this year. I think that might mark a step down for the… well, not venerable exposition. But certainly it’s been around for longer than many other Linux events. It’s certainly smaller this year than last. Last year was smaller than the year before. Conclusion: indicates maturity in the market. Or maybe it’s just not insane anymore, without being actually “mature.” Whatever that means.
At any rate, there were still some funny moments. Intel reception afterwards celebrated their 64-bit Linux software achievements. The theme was ’64. There was a Beatles tribute band. Jello was served and slideshows illustrated Intel scenes from the mid-sixties (pre-bunny-suit technicians soldering transistors and wearing beehive hairdos). Conclusion: nobody at Intel is old enough to remember the sixties.
Also, the KDE booth advertised itself as “The Enterprise Desktop” which makes little-to-no sense, given KDE’s hacker-oriented focus on flexibility and configurability above all else. Conclusion: “Enterprise” is now totally meaningless, except in the context of Star Trek.
Secretly Ironic 
