This week, the center of the open source universe was Portland, OR, where the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) was held. With so many industry influencers as speakers, sponsors and attendees, the majority of this week’s stories came out of OSCON. So whether you were busy enjoying all the OSCON festivities or unable to attend, we’ve got you covered!
- Paula Rooney shared highlights from David Eaves OSCON Keynote presentation, in the ZDNet article, “Eaves: Open Source Communities Need Simple Social ‘Hacks’?”
- Also on ZDNet, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols gave us all “A First Look at Dell’s ‘Sputnik’ Ubuntu Linux Developer Laptop.”
- Klint Finley’s TechCrunch article, “Twitter’s Open Source Big Data Tool Comes to the Cloud Courtesy of Nodeable,” covered how Nodeable’s new StreamReduce is hosting Twitter’s Storm data tool in the cloud.
- “Ohloh.net Opens Data for Community Use,” was Brian Proffitt’s ITWorld article covering the announcement of Ohloh’s Open Data Initiative and beta code search engine.
- On O’Reilly Radar, Mike Hendrickson reported on a new study that explores the role open source plays in the success of small and medium businesses: “Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business.”
- Deb Bryant interviewed fellow OSI board member, Tony Wasserman, about the Open Source Initiative’s history and the future impact of its new individual membership program: “The Open Source Initiative: Add Your Voice.”
- The goals of the newly formed One Tablet Per Child program were covered in Sam Dean’s OStatic blog, “Thailand Launches Program to Put Cheap Android Tablets in Kids’ Hands.”
The Linux Foundation announced the winners of its 2012 T-shirt Design Contest! Did your favorite earn the hashtag #winning?
