Open Source Summit (formerly LinuxCon) is a name for a series of annual conventions organized each year since 2009 by the Linux Foundation. The first LinuxCon took place in North America. Linux Foundation started organizing similar events in Europe and Japan. The original LinuxCon was rebranded LinuxCon North America, adding to the list LinuxCon Europe and LinuxCon Japan.
Apart from keynotes given by some high-profile Linux people (such as Linus Torvalds[1] or Greg Kroah-Hartman[2] in 2009), Open Source Summit is increasingly used as a platform for open source thought leaders, influencers, hiring managers, professionals, and developers in Information technology to talk about their plans for the technological landscape and announce major news. For example, Nokia confirmed in 2010 the delivering of the first MeeGo device this same year,[3] or Oracle Corporation explained in 2010 where they were heading for their Linux efforts after their acquisition of Sun Microsystems.[4][5] Uber and Lyft announced a de facto collaboration on Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects at Open Source Summit North America in 2017.[6]
- ^ "Linus Torvalds: 'Linux is bloated'". CNET.com. 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made a startling comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on Monday: "Linux is bloated." While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated, it appears that with success has come added heft, heft that makes Linux "huge and scary now," according to Torvalds.
- ^ Greg Kroah-Hartman (2009-09-11). "LinuxCon 2009 tutorial". Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ "MeeGo a no-show at NokiaWorld, but CTO says it's "critically important"". Ars Technica. September 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
At the LinuxCon event in San Francisco last month, the company reiterated its commitment to MeeGo and confirmed that it will be delivering its first MeeGo device this year.
- ^ "LinuxCon: Linux's Future in the Spotlight". itmanagement.earthweb.com. 2010-08-09. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president for Linux and virtualization engineering at Oracle, will be giving an update on where Oracle is now taking Linux in the post Sun acquisition era.
- ^ "Oracle sues Android hours after posing as open source advocate at LinuxCon". ZDNet. 2010-08-13. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
Oracle had a huge presence at the Linux conference this week. Wim Coekarts, senior vice president of Linux Engineering at Oracle, delivered one of the first major keynotes at the show. Did he know?
- ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J. "Lyft and Uber travel the same open-source road". ZDNet. Retrieved 2017-09-25.