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05/22/2007,
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Open source continues to be a driving force for sweeping change. It has transformed how software is developed, and has driven out costs in the highest levels of mission-critical computing. Today the focus is shifting from general-purpose technologies to vertical solutions - serving specialized industries like finance and healthcare, which have a unique opportunity to benefit from the value of open source. As the momentum toward open source solutions continues to grow, the principles of open source are being applied beyond software. Collaboration. Transparency. Openness. It is changing how we create and share content - from software code to text, music, video, even ideas. And how we learn through projects like One Laptop per Child, the open source philosophy is helping overcome traditional limitations of technology access, creating a truly global society where everyone is free to participate.
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05/22/2007,
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
 | Marc WestSenior Vice President and CIO, H&R Block.
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Open Source is about more than free software. At H&R Block we are using a mix of open source and traditional technology to create innovative products for our customers. There are many considerations you need to include when adopting open source technologies and practices within your environment. However, achieving a balanced and leveraged mix of technologies can drive significant change in the way you think / engage your customers.
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05/22/2007,
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
 | Eben MoglenChairman of the Software Freedom Law Center and Professor, Columbia University Law School.
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Now that the GPL wars are over, and we have two good GPLs to choose from, it is time to re-ask some fundamental questions about business models and software licenses. In this talk, I explain why smaller software-focused businesses will soon be deserting Apache- and BSD-style permissive licenses for GPL [2 3] and their successors.
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05/23/2007,
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
 | Rob CurleyVice President, Product Development, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.
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Hailed as the "hyper-local hero" by Fast Company magazine, Rob Curley is using open-source technology and an open-source mentality to keep newspapers relevant in an age of rapidly changing roles for mainstream media. He's getting newspapers to think about creating relationships with their readers: on his sites, users can compare historical home prices, street by street or neighborhood by neighborhood; receive a text alert about a Little League rainout, the weather, or the fishing report; click on a map to assess local hurricane damage; chat with the subject of a story or its reporter; check out a weekly high-school sports roundup and daily news video. One of Rob's first Django-powered projects for The Washington Post -- "onBeing" -- brings ordinary people's stories to washingtonpost.com via interactive video.
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05/23/2007,
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Marten Mickos will discuss the range and evolution of open source business models, their strengths and weaknesses and whether it will be the large, proprietary incumbents or smaller but growing open source companies that ultimately have the most defensible business. How should customers and investors evaluate the long-term prospects of open source companies? What actions can be taken to ensure the freedom of open source while still maintaining growth and profitability? Can independent open source companies thrive in such an environment? Examples will be used from the history of MySQL as well as other open source products.
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05/23/2007,
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
In January 2002, E*TRADE FINANCIAL announced its technical strategy to use commodity hardware and software in its mission critical applications. Now five years into the effort, Lee Thompson will cover how open source has provided benefits to both E*TRADE FINANCIAL customers and shareholders alike. Mr. Thompson will also discuss how open source development methods have facilitated the internal product development needed to support the firm's global product expansion.
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