KUAM developing open source forum
I'm in the process of organizing a mini-conference here on Guam for IT professionals dealing with open source technologies. Basically, it serves to educate interested parties with active technology groups about OS developments and opportunities, and exhibits as case studies several aspects (good and bad) that my company has done with platforms like Apache, Ruby, Python, GNU/Linux, XML, etc. It's real-world knowledge you can use with local sensibility.
Some of the topics within my working agenda include:
Some of the topics within my working agenda include:
- Web 2.0 scalability issues
- Python multiplatform programming
- Concerns with GPL v.3.0
- Security issues
- Desktop RIAs
- "Where the hell did all these Macs come from?"
- Framework development for small IT shops
- Linux on the desktop/in the enterprise
- Web services
- Open source application architectures
- The J2EE/.NET exodus
posted by Jason Salas @ 10:28 PM
2 Comments:
At June 11, 2007 4:38 AM,
Lindsay said…
This is right up my alley, but I don't think my boss would let me fly to Guam on a whim. :(
At June 11, 2007 1:53 PM,
Jason Salas said…
Then again, it might be nice for a 'Softie to chime in on the whole FOSS movement. :-)
Come to think of it, when I interviewed in Redmond (both times), I saw more Unix books within the office of PMs than I did Microsoft books.
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