SCALE 3X is open for business! The Expo is now accepting early registrations at http://socallinuxexpo.com/order/.

A full pass (expo floor and seminars is $50 until January 1, 2005, and $65 thereafter, a student pass is $25 until January 1, 2005, and $32.50 thereafter, and an expo-floor-only pass is $10.

We have added these speakers recently:

Jon Walker, Versora - http://www.versora.com/ Glenn Flinchbaugh, Wind River Systems - http://www.windriver.com/ Walt Pennington and Darya Mazandarany, Pennington Firms - http://www.pennfirm.com/

And these sponsors are newly signed with the Linux Expo:

ISP Sponsor: Linkline Communications - http://www.linkline.com
Media Sponsor: Computer User Magazine – http://www.computeruser.com
Media Sponsor: Linux Journal – http://www.linuxjournal.com
Media Sponsor: Usenix - http://www.usenix.org

There will also be a GPG key signing event. It will take place at the end of the first day of the Expo. If you'd like to participate, you should bring at least one legible copy of a fingerprint. A picture ID is recommended, but not required. If you plan to participate, send your public key to keysigning@socallinuxexpo.org.

If your LUG or other non-profit Open Source organization would like to demo something related to Open Source software at SCALE 3X, please contact gareth@socallinuxexpo.org for a booth. Don't delay; booths are being assigned to LUGs and other ORGs steadily.

SCALE 3X will be held February 12th and 13th, 2005, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Linux Expo of Southern California was established in 2001. Our mission is to evangelize the advantages of Open Source software.