The Open Source software movement has descended on Portland for its annual Open Source Convention, OSCON. The convention celebrates the evolving impact of open source software on business, development, technology, and society at large. Here we highlight 6 posts from the convention.
The Open Source software movement has descended on Portland for its annual Open Source Convention, OSCON. The convention celebrates the evolving impact of open source software on business, development, technology, and society in general.
What does the movement mean for businesses? Well, as the event states, in its early days, the convention was attempting to change mainstream business methods. Now however, as the movement has become more mainstream, OSCON “is about how the close partnership between business and the open source community is building the future. That future is everywhere you look.”
Here are 6 posts from day one of the convention, which will run through July 26 at the Convention Center.
Tim O’Reilly is the founder of O’Reilly Media, the host of the event. He has around 1,712,595 Followers on Twitter. Here he is quoting the keynote speaker, Mark Hinkle.
“Giving a keynote at #OSCON is kind of like throwing out the first pitch at the World Series.” @mrhinkle of @Citrix.
— Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) July 24, 2013
And here is Tim O’Reilly having a little fun at the event.
How much fun did @timoreilly have at the Planet #OSCON Party tonight? You be the judge http://t.co/jIejpVt0gw
— O’Reilly OSCON (@oscon) July 24, 2013
A bit of levity from Laura Thomson, engineering manager at Mozilla, commenting on the dearth of women typically found in the tech sector.
There was a line for the women’s bathroom. This makes me happy. #OSCON
— Laura Thomson (@lxt) July 24, 2013
The keynote from Mark Hinkle of Socialized Software focused on “Creating Communities of Inclusion.” Here’s the opening slide with a link to the slideshow presentation.
A little reminder of business’ affiliation with open source. Here’s the official Netflix careers channel promoting its OSCON presence.
Staked out at #oscon Hacking Area. Grab a tshirt and catch @atseitlin talk “Resiliency through Failure” 2:30 thurs pic.twitter.com/5EuPqm7FNd
— Netflix Jobs (@NetflixJobs) July 24, 2013
Take a look at much more of the tweets at #OSCON
