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* [http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/ Amanda McPherson] (Linux Foundation)
 
* [http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/ Amanda McPherson] (Linux Foundation)
 
* [http://voices.canonical.com/user/80/ Matt Asay] (Canonical)
 
* [http://voices.canonical.com/user/80/ Matt Asay] (Canonical)
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* Kirk McKusick - from BSD
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* Eric Allman - sendmail
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* Michael Stonebraker - Ingres, Postgres, other database things
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* Bill McKeeman - Matlab and compilers
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* Bill Cheswick - security
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* Dan Geer
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* Marcus Ranum - but don't invite Marcus if B. Cheswick or D. Geer are present
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* Andrew Morton - Linux kernel (good technical speaker, not sure about keynote)
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* Miguel de Icaza - GNOME, Mono, Novell
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* Dan Frye - IBM
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* Bdale Garbee - SPI, Debian, HP
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* Aaron Seigo - KDE
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* Brian Stevens - CTO Red Hat
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* Jim Gettys - X Windows (good technical speaker, perhaps not so good at keynote)
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* Chris Dibona - Google
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* Almost anyone from Fermilab
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* Frederick Brooks - (Mythical Man Month)
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* Jarod Wilson - (MythTV - good technical speaker)
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* Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
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* Josh Abraham - security - good technical speaker, interesting personal story
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* Judith Hurwitz - cloud computing analyst
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* Leo Laporte
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* Louis Suarez-Potts - Open Office
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* Mark Spencer - Asterisk (good technical and good keynoter)
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* Michael Shiloh - Good technical hands on for Arduino
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* Tim O'Reilly
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* Donald Becker - Beowulf supercomputers (good technical and keynote)
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* Ron Minnich - Supercomputers, coreboot (good technical, could probably do a good keynote if asked) - Note: do not invite Ron and Donald Becker to the same conference
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* Tim Ney
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* Nicholas Negroponte - OLPC/Media lab
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* Ian Murdock - founder of Debian
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* Jon "maddog" Hall
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* Ric Wheeler
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* Jeff Moyer
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* Larry Woodward
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* Rik Van Riel of Red Hat for VM

Revision as of 23:14, 26 October 2010

Ideas for possible keynote speakers, listed in the order they were suggested, affiliations given where known.

  • Linus Torvalds (Big Kahuna)
  • Sam Adams (mayor of Portland, Oregon)
  • Klaus Knopper/English interview (Knoppix)
  • Amber Graner (Ubuntu/Canonical)
  • Rikki Kite (Linux New Media)
  • Valerie Aurora (Red Hat)
  • H. Peter Anvin (Intel, kernel dev)
  • Jonathan Corbet (LWN.net)
  • Bob Young (formerly Red Hat)
  • Jane Silber (Canonical)
  • Mitchell Baker (Mozilla)
  • Elizabeth Garbee
  • Ted Ts'o (Google, kernel dev)
  • Amanda McPherson (Linux Foundation)
  • Matt Asay (Canonical)
  • Kirk McKusick - from BSD
  • Eric Allman - sendmail
  • Michael Stonebraker - Ingres, Postgres, other database things
  • Bill McKeeman - Matlab and compilers
  • Bill Cheswick - security
  • Dan Geer
  • Marcus Ranum - but don't invite Marcus if B. Cheswick or D. Geer are present
  • Andrew Morton - Linux kernel (good technical speaker, not sure about keynote)
  • Miguel de Icaza - GNOME, Mono, Novell
  • Dan Frye - IBM
  • Bdale Garbee - SPI, Debian, HP
  • Aaron Seigo - KDE
  • Brian Stevens - CTO Red Hat
  • Jim Gettys - X Windows (good technical speaker, perhaps not so good at keynote)
  • Chris Dibona - Google
  • Almost anyone from Fermilab
  • Frederick Brooks - (Mythical Man Month)
  • Jarod Wilson - (MythTV - good technical speaker)
  • Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
  • Josh Abraham - security - good technical speaker, interesting personal story
  • Judith Hurwitz - cloud computing analyst
  • Leo Laporte
  • Louis Suarez-Potts - Open Office
  • Mark Spencer - Asterisk (good technical and good keynoter)
  • Michael Shiloh - Good technical hands on for Arduino
  • Tim O'Reilly
  • Donald Becker - Beowulf supercomputers (good technical and keynote)
  • Ron Minnich - Supercomputers, coreboot (good technical, could probably do a good keynote if asked) - Note: do not invite Ron and Donald Becker to the same conference
  • Tim Ney
  • Nicholas Negroponte - OLPC/Media lab
  • Ian Murdock - founder of Debian
  • Jon "maddog" Hall
  • Ric Wheeler
  • Jeff Moyer
  • Larry Woodward
  • Rik Van Riel of Red Hat for VM