OSCON 2009

Now in its eleventh year, OSCON changes scenery, moving to the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California July 20-24, 2009 Dim lights Download Embed Embed this video on your site Bringing together over 3,000 experts, visionaries, and developers in the trenches to explore all that open source has to offer. 2009 promises interesting developments in Linux, Java, Web, and open source infrastructure. OSCON will have tracks for Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Mobile, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics. If the first ten years of OSCON were about opening the minds of big business to the philosophy of open source, are the next ten years about opening the minds of the open source community to the possibilities of its future? As the pace of technological innovation accelerates, OSCON provides a central place to gain exposure to and evaluate the new projects, tools, services, platforms, languages, software, and standards sweeping through the open source community. As open source becomes fully integrated into the corporate environment, OSCON helps to define, maintain, and extend the identity of what it means to be open source.

OSCON focuses on the substance of technology, not the shadow, filtering the information that most merits attention and preparing participants for curves and challenges in the coming year and beyond. OSCON is the place to be inspired and challenged, renew bonds to community, make new connections, and find ways to give back to the open source movement. OSCON has also become one of the most important places to make open source related announcements, and to unveil projects and products.

Open source is a fundamental principle at the core of many established and emerging technologies, driving the future of the computer industry. OSCON explores the open source technologies that are here to stay, what will broaden the foundation, and what will lead the way to unexpected places and innovations.

"With the deepening of the credit crisis, melt down in the financial industry, the IT budgets in the big companies is under squeeze. [...] Open source software and solutions have a great opportunity to survive and benefit in this economy as they provide better returns for the companies that are looking to save huge licensing costs and greater availability of solutions and software that can be easily adopted."
- Manjunatha Kutarahalli
Experience OSCON

OSCON has become a key meeting ground to see the jewels of open source on display. Through hundreds of sessions, tutorials, activities, and events, the eleventh annual OSCON will bring you open source's best:

* Hundreds of sessions encompassing the full range of open source languages and platforms
* Practical tutorials that go deep into technical skills, new features and applications, and best practices
* Inspirational keynote presentations charting the evolution of open source and beyond
* Quality time with over 3,000 fellow open source developers, hackers, experts, and users of all levels
* An Expo Hall featuring dozens of the latest tools, projects, services, and products
* A vibrant "hallway track" for attendees, speakers, journalists, and vendors to debate and discuss important issues
* OSCamp, an "unconference" open to all, where the program is created on the spot by the participants
* Fun evening events and receptions, Birds of a Feather sessions, awards ceremonies, late night parties, OSCON activities around San Jose, and plenty of networking opportunities to create new connections

Why Attend?

No matter the economic climate, a strong technology foundation is the key for moving your business and projects forward. In just five information-packed days (and nights) OSCON gives you the tools you need to succeed by:

* Offering actionable techniques for elegant, quality coding
* Empowering you to migrate from expensive commercial installations
* Exploring innovations in system and network administration that are ready for you to integrate immediately to increase efficiency
* Presenting essential techniques and advanced tips to keep your system scaled and optimized for trouble-free, time-saving performance
* Teaching you how to maximize productivity, increase ease of use, and lower the cost of deployment, from databases to cloud computing
* Exposing you to the most promising projects and people to give you first mover advantage in analyzing new tools and software
* Highlighting ahead-of-the-curve open telephony and mobile technologies
* Offering hype-free guidance to give your business a solid footing for success

Who Should Attend

OSCON welcomes everyone passionate about open source:

* Developers and programmers
* Designers
* Sys admins
* Hackers and geeks
* Enterprise developers and managers
* IT managers and CxOs
* Entrepreneurs
* Activists
* Trainers and educators

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