In total, just under 500 people registered for the conference. While most people came from the US and Canada, there were also a signficant number of people from Europe. For the first conference on Apache, this was a very good attendence, and the exhibitors and sponsors were very happy with the number of people at the conference. In addition, most of the 18 core Apache developers also attended, coming from the US, Canada, Italy, UK and Germany. This article contains some links to pictures taken at the conference.
Some additional pictures are also available.
This was not directly related to Apache, but contained Bruce's thoughts on the future of a networked society. The EFF is an organisation concerned with freedom and liberties in computing and the Internet. He outlined objections to software patents, and covered the problems caused by the US export restrictions on secure encryption. Decisions about what is exportable and what is not exportable from the US are made by government employees, without any ability to appeal. Even worse, government employees can revoke export permission at any time without giving any reason, which could seriously affect businesses who rely on exports.