Dries Buytaert Open Source Rock Star / Entrepreneur?
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| In the world of technology we're always looking for the latest 'rock star'.
| Who is that next hot tech visionary that will build an adoring following of
| thousands?
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| In my opinion we can now add the founder of the open source content
| management system Drupal (and its commercial startup Acquia) Dries Buytaert
| to the rock star list. This week he launched Acquia with $7 million in
| funding. He also hosted a Drupal lovefest (DrupalCon Boston) which boasted
| over 800 attendees.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/dries-buytaert-open-source-roc.html
ApacheCon set for Amsterdam
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| The Apache Software Foundation will host a conference in Amsterdam, from
| April 7-11. The open source conference will start with two days of "intense"
| training classes, says the Foundation, followed by three days of over 50
| sessions on open source software.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7979418810.html
Cluster Resources Launches First Annual Moab Conference
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| Moab*Con 2008: "Advancing Computing Intelligence," which takes place May
| 27-30, 2008 at the Provo Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Provo, Utah,
| will feature keynote addresses by leading Linux architects on future
| directions...
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/10447.html
Many more minor ones. It's a trend.
Recent:
OMG and Eclipse Partner to Organize Symposia On Open Software & Standards
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| The Object Management Group™ (OMG™) and the Eclipse Foundation are jointly
| organizing two, one-day symposia to promote and build on the partnership
| between Eclipse’s open source software and OMG’s open standards. The first
| event is part of EclipseCon 2008 in Santa Clara on March 20, 2008; the other
| is during the OMG Technical Meeting in Ottawa, Canada on June 25, 2008.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080228005770&newsLang=en
Document Freedom Day 2008
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| On March 26th, there will be this years' Document Freedom Day.
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http://ooomarketing.blogspot.com/2008/02/document-freedom-day-2008.html
Third African FOSS conference heads to Senegal
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| Time is running out to register for Idlelo 3, the third African Conference on
| Free and Open Source Software and the Digital Commons. The conference will be
| held in Dakar, Senegal between 16 and 20 March.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2185
The World Watches As OSIW Kicks Off In Bengaluru!
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| India's premier event on Linux and Open Source -- Open Source India Week 2008
| (OSIW) -- has just got under way, with the stage set and the big shots of the
| open source world in at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. The CTO
| Summit -- the first and one-of-its-kind session -- kick-started with the
| keynote of one of the open source powerhouses, Brian Behlendorf. He is the
| man behind Apache Web servers that run more than 60 per cent of the world's
| website.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/24663/news.htm
Linux Expo can help you build a business
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| The focus of the two-day show at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel will be
| on the Linux operating system - made to work like the mainframe stalwart Unix
| but now available for servers and desktop computers of all kinds. But a big
| part of the SCALE 6X show will be how companies like Google, Ticketmaster and
| Shopzilla use free, open-source software to build huge businesses.
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http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_8210027
Five Trends at Southern California Linux Expo
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| 5. Ubuntu for Servers: Yes, you know The VAR Guy already runs Ubuntu on one
| of his desktops. And Jono Bacon, Canonical’s Ubuntu Community Manager, will
| offer a keynote focused on Linux desktops. But listen closely, folks. Much of
| the buzz around Ubuntu is now expanding to the server. Dell, for one, is
| certifying its servers to run Ubuntu. Watch for Canonical to increasingly
| promote Ubuntu as a server platform for LAMP-oriented solutions.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/02/08/five-trends-at-southern-california-linux-expo/
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