OSBC - Nick Carr - OS and the utility revolution

I was at OSBC last week, manning the SpikeSource booth and was able to slip into Nick Carr's keynote. Nick Carr basically compared IT today to the state of electicity in factories in the early 1900s. During that time factories had their internal power plants that weren't added value to …

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Python in Startups (SDForum)

There was another portion of the SDForum meeting titled "Building your startup using Python". It was moderated by the creator of BitTorrent, Braham Cohen and had Steve Kirscho (CEO Propel), Francis Kelly (Founder Loomia), and Peter Yared (CEO ActiveGrid) on the panel. It was interesting to have an assortment of …

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Visualizing the commercialization of open source

This morning I had a few hours to myself in a jetlagged induced stupor. It was refreshing to sit and watch the sunrise, yet disappointing to realize I had driven to work only to be locked out for an hour. So I had some time to ponder.

Being the visual …

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I impersonate Alax Cox at FOSS

One of the nice things about conferences is the oppurtunity to meet new people. It was nice to be able to mingle with Alan Cox for a little bit while fighting for Pizza at FOSS. Talking with Seemant was cool too. Props to those community volunteers such as Seemant who …

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FOSS Day 3

Today started off with a bang with a keynote Andrew Cowie. He did an excellent job speaking and wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers. One of the best parts was his proposal to change Linux to "Open Office/Mozilla/Apache/Perl/Gnu/Linux" (talking RMS's GNU/Linux fixation one step further …

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