Plenary Agenda: Monday, October 14
"Boundaryless Information Flow: The Role of Open Source"
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Introduction |
Allen
Brown (President & CEO, The Open Group)
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09:10 - 09:50 |
Keynote
Our keynote speaker is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Free Standards Group, and the advocate for Open Source within The
Open Group. In his keynote, Andrew will explain what Open Source
actually is and why it is critically important to the future of
IT. |
Andrew Josey
(Director of Certification, The Open Group)
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09:50 - 10:30 |
Linux and Open Source: The dollars and sense of
it
Most people talk about the "intellectual freedom" of
Open Source or free software. Some people even relate that to improvement
in code and rapidity of development. In this talk Open Source will
be related to those two things important to all of us....making
money and saving money. In addition the speaker will show how Open
Source and Linux are enablers of new business. Case studies will
be discussed.
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Jon (Maddog) Hall (Executive Director,
linux International)
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Morning Break |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Open Source Software in DoD - A DISA View
Surveys have shown significant use of open source software in
the DoD.
This presentation will focus on this use, concerns and issues
that have surfaced, and how they're being addressed. |
Ken Linker,
COE (Web COP) Community Process Coordinator, with DISA's NCES
Common Operating Environment Program Office.
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Bringing Open Source to Market
Mary Ann will discuss the commitment IBM has to Linux and open
source and how these technologies fit into IBM's long term technology
and business plans. In addition, Mary Ann will discuss adoption
of Linux in the marketplace and the trend towards Linux based systems
by Governments around the world.
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Mary Ann Fisher, Linux Program
Director, Public Sector IBM Corporation
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Open Source - Who owns what?
Ownership of IPR in Open Source technology and products based on
Open Source technology is not always clear and there seems to be
a bewildering array of different licenses. Larry Rosen will provide
his insight into the Intellectual Property issues around Open Source. |
Larry Rosen, Founding Partner, ROSENLAW.COM
LLP;
Secretary and General Counsel of Open Source Initiative
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 - 15:30 |
The Scope of Open Source and The Processes
Involved
In this session speakers from a variety of different Open Source
initiatives will seek to dispel the commonly held perception that
Open Source equals linux and also to explain the process by which
the output from the essentially chaotic front end becomes the basis
for stable commercial products.
Initiatives to be addressed will include:
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apache.org
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Dirk-Willem van Gulik,
President of the Apache Software Foundation. |
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OpenSOAP
The Open SOAP Project
The OpenSOAP project is aiming at developing a Web services
middleware that serves as a platform for new e-businesses
in the very near future. OpenSOAP has some distinctive features,
such as asynchronized messaging, transaction management, security,
and so on.
Through the Internet, the core part of OpenSOAP is available
for free as an open source. This session introduces not only
its technological side, but also our motivation and the goal
of the project. The expected role of OpenSOAP is discussed.
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Yukinori Kakazu Director
Eng, Technoface Corporation |
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OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org, code, community and customers
At last count, OpenOffice.org contained roughly
7.5 million lines of code, roughly 250 core developers - paid
as well as volunteers, and judging by the amount of downloads,
millions
of end users. Added to that, Sun uses the OpenOffice.org codebase
as the foundation for its own, closed source StarOffice 6
application. This is an interesting mix of characters to say
the least, and poses a set of unique management issues.
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Martijn Dekkers, Community
Representative, OpenOffice.org |
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OpenPegasus |
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Martin
Kirk Director, Enterprise Management, The Open Group |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Afternoon Break |
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16:00 - 16:45 |
The Future of Open Source
The rate at which IT vendors have embraced Open Source projects
as the basis for their products has been astonishing. Bruce Perens
will discuss the factors which have led to this .. the business
case for vendors. |
Bruce Perens (Author of the Open
Source Definition)
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16:45 - 17:00 |
Close |
Allen Brown (President & CEO, The Open Group)
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