Southern California Linux Expo

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The Southern California Linux Expo is an annual Linux, Open-Source, and Free Software conference held in Los Angeles, CA. This is one of three community run Open-Source events in the United States. It attempts to maintain a balance between commercial and non-profit organizations in the Open Source Community.

The Southern California Linux Expo, also known as SCALE, has been held annually since 2002. The event features an expo floor with both commercial and .org / non-profit exhibitors, as well as 3 days of seminars on the topic of Linux and Open Source software.

Some past exhibitors have included: IBM, HP, Sharp, MySQL, Debian, Gentoo_Linux, the Fedora_Project, KDE, GNOME, Postgresql, Fluxbox, the Software Freedom Law Center, Cacert, Openstreetmap, NSLU2, The Document Foundation, Google, MythTV, Drupal, Django (web framework), Netbsd, Freebsd, Pcbsd, Openbsd, Reactos, Inkscape, Facebook, eHarmony and others.

Locations and Dates

Event	Year	Date	Venue
SCALE 1x	2002	December 2	University of Southern California Davidson Conference Center
SCALE 2x	2003	November 22	Los Angeles Convention Center
SCALE 3x	2005	February 12–13	Los Angeles Convention Center
SCALE 4x	2006	February 10–12	Radisson Hotel Los Angeles Airport
SCALE 5x	2007	February 9–11	Westin Los Angeles Airport
SCALE 6x	2008	February 8–10	Westin Los Angeles Airport
SCALE 7x	2009	February 20–22	Westin Los Angeles Airport
SCALE 8x	2010	February 19–21	Westin Los Angeles Airport
SCALE 9x	2011	February 25–27	Hilton Los Angeles Airport

External links

• Southern California Linux Expo - Official Website
• Interview: Organizing SCALE with Free Software
• Interview with SCALE organizers
• ZDNet: Bringing the FOSS tribe together: The future of community shows