O'Reilly Conferences: OSCON

OSCON Early Registration Extended

Suzanne Axtell — 2009-06-04T13:31:30-08:00

Open source technologies are some of the most economical choices you can make for your business and we’ve just made it a little easier to get the info you need to maximize the value open source affords: The early registration discount for the O’Reilly Open Source Convention has been extended to June 23, 2009!

At OSCON 2009, you’ll explore how to migrate from expensive commercial installations, the latest innovations in network administration designed to increase efficiency, ways to keep your system scaled and optimized for time-saving performance, and much, much more.

In just five short days, OSCON packs in the richest, most diverse open source content around. Hundreds of experts lead sessions in over 20 tracks, offering hype-free guidance to give your business a solid footing for success, from cloud computing and Linux to Python, web apps, and beyond.

OSCON takes place in San Jose, California at the McEnery Convention Center. Join with nearly 3,000 other programmers, developers, engineers, admins, educators, and managers from around the world for a nowhere-but-OSCON learning and networking experience.

Be sure to save by signing up for OSCON before the early registration discount ends on June 23, 2009.

OSCON Early Registration Ends June 2

Suzanne Axtell — 2009-05-22T16:55:08-08:00

What are the opportunities that today’s economic climate creates for open source? Register now for OSCON to take part in this and many other conversations around the business of open source when OSCON 2009 convenes July 20-24 in San Jose, California.

3,000 developers, programmers, sys admins, hackers, enterprise developers and managers, IT managers and CxOs, entrepreneurs, activists, and trainers will gather to sharpen their skills, network with experts and fellow users, and learn the latest advances in open source, including the savings and the profits it can hold for us all.

Due to demand, , so now there are over 20 topics you can follow: Administration, Apache, Business, Cloud Computing, Databases, Design & Usability, Desktop Applications, Emerging Topics, Fundamentals, Government, Java, Legal, Linux, Mobile, Mozilla, People, Perl, PHP, Programming, Python, Ruby, Security, Ubuntu, and Web Applications.

Just a few of the over-200 stellar OSCON 2009 speakers include: Rafael Almeria (Xerox), Matt Asay (Alfresco), Jono Bacon (Canonical), Deborah Bryant (OSU Open Source Lab), Douglas Crockford (Yahoo!), Greg Elin (Sunlight Foundation), Richard Fontana (Red Hat, Inc.), Yehuda Katz (Engine Yard Inc.), Federico Lucifredi (SUSE team, Novell), Erik Meijer (Microsoft), Chris Messina (OpenID Foundation), Stormy Peters (GNOME Foundation), Simon Phipps (Sun Microsystems), Karen Sandler (Software Freedom Law Center), Brian Shire (Facebook), Steve Souders (Google), and many, many more.

If you’re taking on new responsibilities or switching gears to work with new priorities, you’ll find out how others are meeting these same challenges and staying competitive at OSCON. Be sure to register before June 2 for OSCON to take advantage of early registration savings.

O'Reilly News Release: Open Source Convention Reveals Program and Opens Registration: OSCON 2009 Open for Business

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2009-04-03T13:01:11-08:00

Sebastopol, CA, April 3, 2009 — Open source offers business a lifeline to economic survival, even as the economy crashes and companies flounder. The O’Reilly Open Source Convention shows the power of open source to help businesses rise above the competition in this daunting economic climate. Open source continues to thrive and grow because the open source community continues to find better ways, particularly to increase ease of use and lower the cost of deployment, to save technology costs in your organization. OSCON is the premier place to learn the latest advances and connect with leaders in this community. Registration has opened for the 11th OSCON, scheduled for July 20-24, 2009 in the new location of the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The early registration period, lasting until June 2, offers advance savings.

Program Chairs Allison Randal and Edd Dumbill reviewed almost 800 proposals in order to plan the conference around tracks for Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Mobile, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics.

Read the full press release.

News Release: O'Reilly OSCON Opens Call for Participation

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-12-16T10:12:19-08:00

O’Reilly Open Source Convention Calls for Innovation
OSCON Proposals Invited

Sebastopol, CA—Dec 15 2008—Now that big business has grasped the principles of open source, the open source community can get down to business. New times demand new ideas, and OSCON, the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, has opened its call for innovation. O’Reilly Media and program chairs Allison Randal and Edd Dumbill invite proposals for tutorials, sessions, and panels for OSCON, happening July 20 - 24, 2009, in San Jose, CA.

“Accomplishing great things with limited resources is the open source way of life,” says Allison. “We hope you’ll join us and share your solutions. We live in a time of enormous challenges: economic, environmental, political, and social. Open source software and the open source community have much to offer as we work to solve the world’s problems, to keep moving toward a better future.”

Read the full press release.

arstechnica.com: Why Stallman is wrong when he calls cloud computing stupid

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-10-01T12:36:22-08:00

Ryan Paul :

Fortunately, I’m not the only open source software enthusiast who doesn’t buy into what I view as Stallman’s hysteria and defeatism. Earlier this year, tech publisher Tim O’Reilly discussed the issue during a keynote presentation at the annual O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON). O’Reilly acknowledged the challenges posed by cloud computing, but he also pointed out that the vibrant open source software community has already started exploring experimental solutions

News Release: O'Reilly's Tenth Annual OSCON Explores Open Source's Dynamic Future

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-08-28T16:06:24-08:00

Sebastopol, CA- O’Reilly’s Tenth Annual OSCON Explores Open Source’s Dynamic Future-
Open Source Community Prepares for Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

More than 3,000 developers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries attended the 10th annual OSCON in Portland, on July 21-25, and they left knowing that the open source community is stronger than ever.

Program chairs Allison Randal, Edd Dumbill, and the OSCON program committee chose from more than 700 proposals and produced five full days of stirring talks and practical demonstrations at the cutting edge of technological and commercial innovation. Rich in content and inspiration, the convention featured the key players and issues influencing open source today, and it explored the greatest potential for open source tomorrow.

Read full press release.

Ars Technica: Beer and Coding in Portland: Ars at OSCON

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-08-28T13:20:13-08:00

Ryan Paul of ARS on his experience at OSCON 2008:

The event, which started ten years ago as a venue for bringing together Perl enthusiasts, has grown into one of the most important open source conventions in the United States.

Read all Ryan’s coverage at OSCON.

InfoWorld: Mobile Computing Now an Open Source Driver

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-08-28T13:17:31-08:00

Paul Krill writes about what OSCON had to say about mobile computing:

The iPhone attracted attention at the conference. An audience member during a morning keynote presentation event asked why the open source world has not done anything as “insanely great” as iPhone.

internetnews.com: OSCON: O'Reilly Bullish on Open Source

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-08-28T13:15:35-08:00

Sean Michael Kerner sums up OSCON 2008:

Tim O’Reilly (you know the guy who runs the big tech publisher) is still bullish on the prospect of open source. After 10 years of running the OSCON conference he still sees innovation on the horizon.

InfoWorld: Open Web Foundation Formed

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-08-28T13:13:13-08:00

Paul Krill reports on the Open Web Foundation announcement at OSCON 2008:

The Open Web Foundation, a non-profit organization intended to help create an “Open Web,” was announced Thursday at the O’Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore. Specifically, the organization is dedicated to the development and protection of non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies. The effort was announced by David Recordon of blogging tools maker Six Apart.

Network World: 3 Open-Source Challenges: Cloud Computing, Open Web, Mobile

Jackie Hadley, Communications Associate — 2008-08-28T12:57:25-08:00

Esther Schindler Recaps OSCON 2008 and Tim O’Reilly’s Keynote Address:

While celebrating the many accomplishments of free software, O’Reilly put most of his attention on the new challenges where open source could-and in his opinion should-make a difference. And he brought several people on stage to back up his points. “We have to pay attention to the real consequences to the wave we’ve unleashed,” he said.

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Open Source City

Maureen Jennings, Conferences Publicist — 2008-08-11T11:03:33-08:00

David Miller came to OSCON and interviewed Jim Zemlin, Raven Zachary, and Rick Turoczy:

It’s open source time again in Portland: the Open Source Convention, or OSCON, is back in town. Of course, you could argue that every day is open source day in Portland. The inventor of the wiki lives here. So does Linus Torvalds of Linux fame. As do a number of companies based on open source architecture, like the Collaborative Software Initiative.

LISTEN TO “Open Source City”

Annotated Questions: OSCON

Maureen Jennings, Conferences Publicist — 2008-08-06T09:57:19-08:00

Tim Bray offers more notes on his OSCON Keynote:

Here are all the missing pieces, should you want to watch it (only 15 minutes, remember); plus a little extra commentary.

The DIgital Bark:Open Source (and joy) from OSCON 2008 in Portland

Maureen Jennings, Conferences Publicist — 2008-08-05T12:54:57-08:00

AshMUG member John Clark soaks in the best of O’Reilly’s convention in his special guest column.

CIO.com:A Penguin with an Egg: Growing the Open-Source Community

Maureen Jennings, Conferences Publicist — 2008-08-05T11:39:06-08:00

Esther Schindler came home from OSCON with thoughts on growing the size of the pool in open-source development communities. And it’s all upbeat news.