Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 28, 2011 2:22 PM
LXer Linux News; By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) | |
 LXer Feature: 28-Feb-2011
Due to some family issues I was unable to spend nearly as much time at SCALE 9x as I wanted too but from what I did get to see it was bigger and better than ever before. Kudos to the organizers and volunteers for putting on the best FOSS trade show in existence. I hope to make up for it next year.
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