FOO Camp is O’Reilly’s annual private get-together of movers and shakers in the industry. As mentioned last week, it stands for Friends of O’Reilly. It’s essentially a weekend of camping at the Sebastopole, CA headquarters, with informal talks by attendees and conversations that stretch on into the night.

While this strip takes it to an extreme, FOO Camp is definitely (from what I’ve been told, I haven’t been able to make one yet) the geekiest camp-out you’ll ever see. Laptops are in evidence all over the place and there’s WIFI as far as the eye can see. BTW, if you know the management structure of O’Reilly Media, there’s an in-joke this week. There’s another one coming in two weeks, watch for it!

Due to your humble editor spacing out this week, there’s no Linux Newsletter. Look for a double-edition in next week’s strip!