As a gold sponsor of FOSS.IN 2008, Sun has a stall to showcase our technologies and products. We want to demo our best-in-class open source products. The demos planned are: OpenSolaris/Virtual Box, NetBeans, GlassFish, WebStack/MySQL, and OpenStorage.
You are encouraged to visit our stall to get more information on the demos. Ask us questions and learn how to use the products. All the best. We had a stream of visitors this morning for our booth (see pictures).
If you have been at FOSS.IN last year, you would have noticed that the participation level this year is significantly less. This is intentional, as per Atul Chitnis (FOSS.IN organizer). This year, the emphasis is more on "workouts" where you can actually code, rather than sit through several lectures or demos. You learn more by coding and participating. Atul mentioned in his inaugural note that less crowd actually meant people could interact and network more. In turn this means, people can learn more from each other rather than from a lecture.
The success of FOSS.IN is not going to be measured in terms of how many people attended, but how much code we are able to create in the next five days.
Come, join SDN!
Sun has a huge and growing developer community. We want more developers to benefit from Sun software and technologies. Welcome to Sun Developer Network (SDN). SDN enables you to access resources needed for your learning and application development. If you are not part of our developer network already, it is time to join. You are at once put in touch with senior and experienced developers. If you are around at FOSS.IN, you may walk in to our stall. We have an SDN registration desk there. The SDN registration desk is a constant feature in all Sun stalls - whether it be Tech Days, FOSS.IN, or any other technology event where Sun has a presence.
Unlock and understand Sun's hottest technologies at FOSS.IN 2008. How would you do that? It's simple! Use the Sun key chain. The brain child of FOSS volunteers, this is all set to become a rage at the event. The key chain is actually a series of cards tagged together. Each card has information on some Sun technology or link to Sun software or community. You are encouraged to walk in to the Sun stall and grab a key chain. It is everything you wanted to know about Sun, and you can actually take it away :-)
Quiet morning here at the IISc campus in Bangalore. Open source enthusiasts are lined up to attend the biggest free and open source (FOSS) event in this part of the world. Sun is a gold sponsor, and we have a dedicated stall. Passionate Sun engineers are gearing up to demo the latest Sun software. Here is a Link to FOSS.IN website.