Comdex Fall 1999: The Penguin Playoffs

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Linux Journal Editors' Choice Awards

Since it's very hard to get from here to there in Vegas during Comdex, especially if you had planed to use a taxi, I was thankful to be able to catch a ride on a limo that brought us to Gameworks where the event was.

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After a nice Dinner buffer, Peter Salus, managing editor of SSC, with Linus's help, presented the awards

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LJ Editor's choice:

Best end user application: Civilization, Call to power from Loki
Best embeded application: Lineo embedix
Best book: O' Reilly's open sources voices of the revolution
Best gadget: Empeg mp3 car player
Best application for developers: Bxpro which is part of Code Fusion
Best New Hardware: Cluster city and VACM from VA
Best Product of the year: Caldera 2.3 Lizard
Best Business Solution: Burlington Coat Factory

Penguin Playoffs:

Best Software Solution: Turbolinux cluster solution
Best hardware: Happy Hacker Keyboard
Best business solution: Appgen (accounting software)
Best overall solution: Global Media (Ecommerce solutions for the entertainment industry)

The funny thing is that Peter called Linux a former toy operating system on two occasions, which made Linus regret that he didn't bring a Nerf gun

Playoffs party

Caldera and ZDnet are to be thanked for this great party: they booked Gameworks, the best entertainment center on the Las Vegas Strip.
The friendly Gameworks staff was wearing Caldera Shirts.

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So we played lots of games. I played a bunch of different games with Linus and got my butt kicked every single time but once: I did get to win the first game of air hockey as he said he wasn't good at it, but I can tell you, it didn't take him long to learn.
I tried other racing games, but to no avail, and after rock climbing, I gave up: he had gone to the top in the time it took me to get prepared for the climb

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Linus went up there in no time

Yeah, I'm faking a smile here, but let me tell you, this is really hard 70 feet is a long way to go

They also had that great kung fu game where you actually kicked and punched while a camera was watching you Give Sean Perry (shaleh) from Debian a few drinks, and he'll kick your ass

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This party was lots of fun. Thanks a lot to Linux Journal, ZD, and especially Caldera.
You can find more pictures from the awards ceremony and the party in the picture library

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