Feb. 4, 1998 Ikebukuro, Tokyo - "Tokyo FreeBSD Fair '98"

1. Keynote Speech "The FreeBSD Project" (15:00 - 15:30)
   -- Jordan Hubbard (FreeBSD Project, Walnut Creek CDROM)
   [Translator: Masafumi "Max" Nakane]

2. Panel discussion (15:45 - 16:45)
   -- [alphabetical order] Jordan Hubbard (FreeBSD Project, Walnut Creek CDROM), Jun-ichiro "itojun" Ito (Freelance), Masafumi "max" Nakane (Keio University), Tomoharu Takeuchi (Easynet), Tatsumi Hosokawa (Keio University), Toshiya Goto (Plathome),
   • FreeBSD in the Japanese context
     • FreeBSD and Internationalization/Localization, especially in Japan
     • FreeBSD development in Japan and how it is coordinated worldwide
     • FreeBSD and Japanese input, displaying and printing
     • Specific programs for Japanese
   • FreeBSD in the marketplace: technical & business issues
     • FreeBSD in the market place
     • Commercial applications for FreeBSD
     • Number of FreeBSD users in Japan and worldwide
     • FreeBSD vs NT: technical advantages of FreeBSD
     • Converting users from Windows to FreeBSD
     • FreeBSD's position on the Internet
     • FreeBSD as a LAN server
     • FreeBSD as a desktop
     • The "Free" in FreeBSD (and the recent Netscape decision)
     • FreeBSD and accessibility
     • Embedded FreeBSD
   • FreeBSD Development & Future
     • FreeBSD security
     • FreeBSD networking
     • FreeBSD multiprocessing & parallel/cluster processing support
     • Future development plans
3. Buffet-style Party (16:45 - 18:00)
   

Itojun is reading e-mail with celluar phone.

Books and CD-ROM's of FreeBSD:
Pacific Hi-Tech's "FreeBSD 2.2.5J" (left) and Walnut Creek CDROM's "Complete FreeBSD".

Laser 5's "FreeBSD Complete Package".

Softbank's "UNIX USER" (left), Shoeisha's "FreeBSD Tettei Nyuumon" and "FreeBSD Tetti Nyuumon (98)".

Softbank's "UNIX USER".

(from the left) Shuuwa System's "FreeBSD Nyuumon Kit", Gijutsu Hyouronsha's "Software Design" and "FreeBSD Full Course".

Laser 5's CD-ROM's of FreeBSD, Shuwa system's "FreeBSD Power Guide" and "FreeBSD Nyuumon Kit".

Over 100 people atteded as audiences.

Opening Address by Cliff Miller (Pacific Hitech).

Jordan's Keynote Speech.

Panel discussion.

Unfortunately, paneler Naoki Hamada (Astec) was absent with colds.

From the left, Cliff Miller, Toshiya Goto, Tatsumi Hosokawa, Jordan Hubbard, Jun-ichirou "itojun" Ito, Masafumi "max" Nakane, and Tomoharu Takeuchi.

(These pictures were taken by Toshihisa Eto. Thanks.)

Party photos.

(max|itojun)@freebsd.org.

Cliff's closing address.

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