Linux.Conf.Au (and IPv6 Mini Conference) Update

Lathiat writes "Well its happening! In the last year or so, the use of IPv6 has been booming with the advent of news web sites, increasingly popular tunnel brokers and simply more users! So I have decided to run a mini-conference prior to Linux.Conf.Au. Linux.conf.au is the Australian Technical Linux Conference - it tours around the Australian cities every year organised by the local LUG in that region - this year it is being hosted by PLUG - The Perth Linux Users Group in Perth, Western Australia. The speaker line up for 2003 is looking to be great and is now available on the website - see http://www.linux.conf.au You can register for the IPv6 mini-conference at http://ipv6.ztsoftware.net/register.php and view the current schedule at http://ipv6.ztsoftware.net/schedule.php The IPv6 mini-conference will be held before the start of linux.conf.au on Monday 20th January. To attend the IPv6 Conference - you must also attend the main conference ... or else ... The IPv6 mini-conference is included with every ticket to linux.conf.au! That's two for the price of one - also running on the second day will be the Linux Gaming Mini Conference - for all your fragging needs - as well as the educationaLinux and Debian mini-conferences. We are also looking for more speakers! We currently have 2-3 slots open for other speakers to participate - so give Trent 'Lathiat' Lloyd an email at lath-ipv6(AT)irc-desk(DOT)net - and check out the website at http://ipv6.ztsoftware.net/ (Its IPv6 Connected too!) Well I hope to see all of you registering, coming along and having a LOT of fun, if you have any question just give me a yell - lath-ipv6(AT)irc-desk(DOT)net. - Trent Lloyd (IPv6 Mini-Conference Organiser)" If you've never been to this conference I highly reccomend it.

...or else...

To attend the IPv6 Conference - you must also attend the main conference ... or else ...

Is that a threat?

Commercial support.

IPv6 won't take off until is supported by more commerical and leisure sites.

Just as the real internet didn't catch only until sites like Yahoo, Amazon, Lycos et.al appeared and made information more accessible, IPv6 won't become widely adopted until these sites upgrade their addresses and make themselves available to us early IPv6 adopters.

At the moment I am limited to a few educational sites and those IPv4 sites that are compatible with IPv6 to IPv4 proxies (slashdot, obviously, being amoung them)

Logest first paragraph ever?

This has to be the longest article I've ever seen on the front page. Maybe ya should have put a paragraph break in there somewhere.

Microsoft can do it

all they have to do is leverage their monopoly and take out support for anything but ipv6. If they weren't a monopoly this would sink them. But since they are everyone will be forced to conform to ipv6 to survive.

Linuxconf?

Everyone knows Linuxconf was depricated like three versions of Red Hat ago.

Perth???

You have Australias major Linux conference and you stick it in Perth? Do you actually want people to come ;)

I only say this, because I've done the bus trip from Sydney to Perth and I was walking like a ruptured spinster for weeks after.