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SCALE grew out of a series of LUGFests put on by the Simi Conejo Linux Users Group in the late 90s. There were four of them, held every 6 months at the Nortel development facility in Simi Valley, California. They ended when Nortel closed that facility in 2001. |
SCALE grew out of a series of LUGFests put on by the Simi Conejo Linux Users Group in the late 90s. There were four of them, held every 6 months at the Nortel development facility in Simi Valley, California. They ended when Nortel closed that facility in 2001. |
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SCALE 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. SCALE has been held annually since 2002. |
SCALE 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. SCALE has been held annually since 2002. |
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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]]. |
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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]]-linux, [[The Document Foundation]], the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], [[Google]], [[MythTV]], [[Drupal]], [[Django (web framework)]], [[Netbsd]], [[Freebsd]], [[Pcbsd]], [[Openbsd]], [[Reactos]], [[Inkscape]], [[Facebook]], [[eHarmony]] and others. |
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]]-linux, [[The Document Foundation]], the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]], [[Google]], [[MythTV]], [[Drupal]], [[Django (web framework)]], [[Netbsd]], [[Freebsd]], [[Pcbsd]], [[Openbsd]], [[Reactos]], [[Inkscape]], [[Facebook]], [[eHarmony]] and others. |
Revision as of 05:57, 5 March 2011
The Southern California Linux Expo is an annual Linux, Open-Source, and Free Software conference held in Los Angeles, CA.
SCALE grew out of a series of LUGFests put on by the Simi Conejo Linux Users Group in the late 90s. There were four of them, held every 6 months at the Nortel development facility in Simi Valley, California. They ended when Nortel closed that facility in 2001.
SCALE 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. 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-linux, The Document Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google, MythTV, Drupal, Django (web framework), Netbsd, Freebsd, Pcbsd, Openbsd, Reactos, Inkscape, Facebook, eHarmony and others.
Locations and Dates
Event | Year | Date | Venue |
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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 |