Whatever I can get.

USENIX will match what I get from the sale up to a total of US$250,000. I already have raised US$23,000 for a digital clock (signed by Linus Torvalds) and a copy of John Lion's book, signed by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Kirk McKusick, Eric Allman, Peter Salus and Linus Torvalds. That $23,000 will be matched by USENIX for a total of $46,000. It is my goal to use up all of USENIX's money (I am on its board of directors, by the way), so I hope that my items will bring a lot at Linux World. After all, John was a professor at UNSW in Sydney, and he trained a lot of students in Sydney. His teachings also sold a lot of computers, and perhaps one of the vendors would not mind displaying a copy of his book in their sales office. Or having a REAL Unix licence plate on their wall, directly off my Jeep Wrangler. There is a long history behind that licence plate, and many, many copies of it were handed out by Digital (and now the Open Group) over the years, but not an ORIGINAL. And finally, a digital clock, made by my hands and signed by Linus Torvalds.

What exactly will the money go to?

To create a chair [at the University of New South Wales] in honor of John Lions. The Chair will be called The John Lions Chair in Operating Systems, and will enable an eminent academic to continue the John Lions tradition of insightful and inspirational teaching in operating systems.

What are some of the items you think will fetch a high price?