I just got word that Jonathan Schwartz will be joining us at Web 2.0, cool! I was thinking how cool would it be if BillyG and Robert Scoble just showed-up at the MSN dinner, it would be so cool to see BillyG asking questions and adding to the conversation.
"Can Open Source Stay Open?" panel discussion on Thursday morning. Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz will be joining Mitchell Baker and Tim O'Reilly in a spirited discussion around one of the most popular topics in technology today.
Here's a bit of a preview....In The Participation Age, where three million people are joining the global network each week, removing barriers is imperative. Jonathan will talk about how open source software, with its participatory and collaborative nature, helps fuel the creation of new communities, which in turn creates new markets and opportunities.
Sun Microsystems is the number one contributor to the open source community. The Java community alone includes 4.5 million developers and 708 million Java technology-powered phones, and with OpenSolaris, Sun recently contributed millions of development hours worth of code and over 1,600 patents to the open source community
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"Can Open Source Stay Open?" Panel, Web 2.0 Conference Thursday, October 6th 9:30am - 10:15am Argent Hotel, San Francisco
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