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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:40:36 +0000
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Subject: LINC: International Linux Conference And Exposition
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I am sending the Call for Papers for the upcoming LINC conference in
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Silicon Valley, California. We are very happy to have many
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distinguished Open Source developers and Linux Journal authors already
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scheduled to participate in the conference, including Linus Torvalds,
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Jim Dennis, and Eric Raymond. I hope that your readers will be
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interested in speaking or attending.
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If you have any questions about the conference, please call me at
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415-308-7272, or mail me.
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Don Marti, dmarti@lincexpo.org
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Santa Clara, California, USA
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LINC is the premier conference devoted solely to Linux. All aspects
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of the use and development of Linux are included. Six types of
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submissions are invited:
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+ short papers (30 minute talks)
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+ long papers (1 hour talks)
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+ panel discussions
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+ special topic sessions
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+ tutorials
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REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
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Authors should submit abstracts of 300 to 1000 words. We are looking
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for talks that cover Linux or Open Source software development. See
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TOPICS OF INTEREST below for suggested topics. Abstracts may be
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submitted via email or postal mail. Email submissions may be in ASCII
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(no ASCII art please), PostScript, LaTeX, or HTML. No MS-Word or
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other proprietary document formats, please. Postal mail should be on
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8.5" x 11" paper, typed. Abstract submissions are due to the Program
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Chair no later than August 31, 1998. Final papers for inclusion in
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the proceedings are due November 30, 1998.
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In addition to the Abstract, each submission should include:
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+ Name, affiliation, and complete address for each author
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+ A designated contact person including his/her telephone number,
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fax number, and email address.
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+ A designated presenter.
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+ A list of topic keywords.
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PANELS, TUTORIALS, and SPECIAL TOPIC SESSIONS
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Proposals for Panels, Tutorials, and Special Topic Sessions in areas
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of interest for Linux developers, administrators, and users should be
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submitted to the Program Chair no later than September 30, 1998.
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Proposals should be no longer than 2 pages in length and should
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describe the topic and intended audience. They must include a list of
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all presenters or panelists. Panel proposals should describe the main
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point of contention.
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Proposals for paid tutorials should indicate whether they will be
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half-day (3.5 hours) or full-day (two 3.5 hour sessions) in length.
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Free tutorials are 1.5 hours in length. All Panels are 1.5 hours in
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length.
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Special Topic Sessions may be either independent papers with a common
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theme or a set of closely related papers describing an overall system.
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In both cases independent reviews of each paper and evaluation of the
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session as a whole will be used to select sessions. Proposals for
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Special Topic Sessions should be submitted along with abstracts of the
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papers to be included in the session and should include the session's
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theme.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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LINC is looking for anyone who has a topic of interest to the Linux
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and free software community. Talks can be geared towards the new Linux
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user, the business community, Linux developers, system administrators,
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and anyone else who may have an interest in the Linux operating
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systems and free software in general. LINC will accept abstracts that
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have previously been published or submitted to other conferences, and
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may be subsequently submitted to other conferences. LINC requests, but
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does not require permission to publish the paper in any possible
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conference proceedings. Abstracts are solely to judge the content and
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quality of the talk.
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Suggested topics:
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Linux Getting Started
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Linux Security Issues
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Real World Case Studies
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Kernel Internals
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System Administration
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Interoperability
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Desktops/User Interface
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K Desktop Environment
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GNOME
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Open Source Software Model
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Linux vs. Windows NT or other OSes
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Perl, Tcl, Python, and other languages
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Larry M. Augustin
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VA Research, Inc.
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1235 Pear Ave., Suite 109
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Mountain View, CA 94043
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lma@varesearch.com
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DATE AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION
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August 31, 1998 Abstracts due
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September 30, 1998 Panel, Tutorial, and Special Topic proposals due
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November 30, 1998 Final paper due
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January 7 - 10, 1998 Conference dates
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Please submit electronic versions of submissions to
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linc-submissions@lincexpo.org
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See also http://www.lincexpo.org for more details.
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