Ladies at LISA

Nov 14, 2008 GMT

Once again, the LISA organizers rolled out a top-notch event. This year, LISA was held at the Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, which is one funky, unique facility (in a good way). Although I didn't do a head count, I saw a nice mix of both men and women at LISA '08. The majority of the event organizers are women, and women were also well-represented in technical sessions both as attendees and presenters. On Thursday, November 13, for example, Linux Pro and USENIX provided a Live stream from Janice Gelb's "WTFM: Documentation and the System Administrator" session, and we also streamed Æleen Frisch and Kyrre Begnum's "Virtualization! What Is It Good...

Linux Pro and LISA Live!

Nov 10, 2008 GMT

If you're at USENIX LISA this week, be sure to swing by our expo booth and pick up a sample copy of Linux Pro and sign up for a trial subscription. If you can't make it to San Diego, be sure to tune in online for free Live streaming of the keynote: "Implementing Intellipedia Within a "Need to Know" Culture" by Sean Dennehy, CIA. More information about the Live streaming from LISA is available here: http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/lisa08 Got news about the world of women in open source? Drop us an email and let us know: roseblog@linuxpromagazine.com

Next week: ApacheCon in New Orleans

Oct 31, 2008 GMT

I'm heading to New Orleans next week for ApacheCon and will be (wo)manning the camera for our Live streaming. I hope to see you there! If, however, you can't make the trip, never fear – we've got your Live streaming November 5-7 right here: * System Administration (Wednesday) * Security (Thursday)* Administration (Friday) In addition to seeing the speaker as he or she talks, you can also see their slides at the same time and chat with other participants online. Linux Pro Magazine subscribers can take advantage of a 20 percent discount, too. Find out more at:http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/apacheconus08

Virginia DeBolt Interviews Addison Berry

Oct 29, 2008 GMT

Virginia DeBolt is doing a series on Women in Tech for BlogHer. Check out her interview with Lullabot's Addison Berry, "a woman who traveled a roundabout path into tech and is now one of the most visible leaders in the open source content management world of Drupal."

Under the Microscope

Oct 28, 2008 GMT

Under the Microscope is a new Feminist Press site that focuses on women in the sciences. On the site, you'll find news, resources, blogs, stories, and personal essays about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. If you would like to add your personal story, log-in and answer their question of the week: "What got you hooked on science?"

PHPWomen Turns 2

Oct 27, 2008 GMT

PHPWomen recently celebrated its second birthday. Check out the website for an overview of the progress the group has made in these past two years. Happy birthday to PHPWomen!

Linux Kernel = $1.4 Billion

Oct 23, 2008 GMT

On her blog, Allison Randall discusses the updated Linux Foundation report, written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt, and Ron Hale-Evans, which estimates that the Linux kernel is currently worth about US$ 1.4 billion, and Fedora 9 is worth more than $10 billion. Allison briefly explains the formula for the calculation and says, "One important perspective to carry away from this report is the astounding pace of Linux development." She points out that the Fedora distro is worth about 7 times what it was worth 6 years ago. To read the full report, Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribtution, visit:...