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OSCON 2007 Trip Report

by anandeep on August 17, 2007

My overall impression was that OSCON was lower key than last year. There seemed to be fewer booths in the Exhibition floor and less palpable excitement in the venue. A lot of people were complaining about the quality of the tutorials and the talks. Or it may just be that this was my second time around attending OSCON and it didn’t have the same quality of excitement for me compared to the very first... more

• Friday, August 17, 2007
• in: Community
• anandeep

Learning from OSCON 2006

by jcannon on August 15, 2006

Hank Jenssen and myself attended the OSCON on the 27th and 28th of July. We did not attend the tutorials or the Executive briefing but were there two days of the two and a half days the sessions were in progress. We also attended the keynotes on both days (27th and 28th July). As a strategy, Hank and I discussed the sessions and their subject matter, splitting up to attend different sessions in... more

• Tuesday, August 15, 2006
• in: Community
• jcannon

Thoughts from OSCON: Development Practices

by MichaelF on August 14, 2006

I recently attended OSCON 2006, and had a lot of fun being there. Microsoft’s presence in the Open Source World is still a novelty (to say the least), so I always got a reaction out of people at the conference when they saw my badge! ... more

• Monday, August 14, 2006
• in: Community
• MichaelF