• Steve Jobs... "What an exciting year it has been!"
  And what an exciting product announcement it was!
  
  
• Linus Torvalds... "I've been busy on a kernel!"
  Another riveting keynote by the little programmer who could!
  
  
• Transmeta's Unveiling!
  It's going to be a wild ride when most secret start-up starts it up!
  
  
• Tim Berners-Lee: "A network of cans and string... imagine of the possibilties!"
  
  
• Lve from his locked bathroom... the cartoon Bill Gates!
  
  
  
• and special guests!

IRC Chats:

• Thursday, October 7th:
  Rob (Roblimo) Miller: An Abacus on the cheap! Chat took place October 7th, 9PM Eastern. Thanks Roblimo, what a great time we had! Here's the logs!
  
  
  
  
• Friday, October 8th:
  Be Dope's Mike Popovic gave an AWE-mazing performance at his BeOS Abacus Keynote Presentation: The Power of Pervasive Multi-Beading, Friday, October 8th, 9 pm Eastern, 6pm (PDT). Check out the log!
  
  
  
• Saturday, October 9th:
  Richard Stallman gave a very funny irc keynote Saturday at 8:30PM Eastern! Miss the keynote? Here's the logs!
  
  
  
  
• Sunday Night, October 10th:
  A fine Abacus World Expo Tradition continued with Nitrozac's AWE Hootnanny around the fire on irc.slashnet.org in #aftery2k!
  
  
  
  
• Hemos thrilled the crowded virtual auditorium with his humor, wit, and irresistible charm live from Atlanta Linux Showcase! (irc.slashnetorg, #aftery2k.) Check out the logs!
  
  The one, the only, the Hemos!
  
  
• Joe Pranevich from Linux Today was in irc Friday, October 22, 9PM eastern (irc.slashnet.org, #aftery2k.), Check out his paper! And be sure to check out his submission... Wonderful World of Linux 3.0 (10/18/00) "AWE Edition".
  
  
  
  
  
• October 31st...
  Nitrozac and special guest Eric Raymond were at the After Y2K Halloween Bash!
  
  

Getting to Abacus World Expo IRC Chats:
Attend the conference virtually. Here's the details:

• Network: SLASHNet (more info: http://slashnet.org/
• Channel: #AfterY2K
• IRC Clients for various operating systems.
• BeOS IRC Clients: Download
• If you have never used an IRC client before, it is recommended for your sanity that you download, setup and test a client ahead of time.

Special Appearences:
There's always a surprise guest or two! You never know who will show up at an Abacus World Expo!