<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Developers:</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to see if anyone is planning to present on OpenStack at this event in August? Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; ">LinuxCon North <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place><font color="#1f497d"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></font>–
August 17-19, 2011<font color="#1f497d"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; ">Deadline: April 22, 2011<font color="#1f497d"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b><a href="http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon">http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon</a></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Topics:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Linux on mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, etc.)</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Open source compliance</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Cloud Computing</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Optimization of Linux in enterprise environments</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Case studies on impressive Linux performance in data centers or embedded computing</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Kernel</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Managing of Linux systems (i.e. tracing)</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Virtualization</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Security and best practices for systems administration</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Filesystems</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Legal issues facing the Linux and open source communities</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Non-technical subjects affecting the Linux ecosystem, including lifestyle, productivity, culture and more. Think wildcard.</span></font><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; ">Titles: President, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Executive Director, Director, Developer, Architect</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre; "> </span></div></div></div></div></span><div><div><div>- - - </div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Stephen Spector, Rackspace</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">OpenStack Community Manager</span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"></span></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><a href="http://openstack.org/blog">OpenStack Blog</a><b> | </b><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">@opnstk_</a><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">com</a><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">_mgr</a><span style="font-style: italic"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b>Office</b> +1 (512) 539-1162 | <b>Mobile</b> +1 (210) 415-0930</span></div></div></div></body></html>