I caught up with Tirthankar Das in the hallway this afternoon. What does he think about the mela? See for yourself.
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Mad-ad contest winners. Thanks to Sreelakshmi Padmanabhan for providing the information.
Acrostic puzzle winners. Thanks to Swathi Devulapalli for providing the information.
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The prize distribution ceremony at the end of day 1 was a gala event. Watch this space for the names of winners. But you can enjoy the photos for now :-)
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This blog captures just 33% of the excitement! A bird's eye view of what happened so far. There are at least three parallel sessions going on at any point of time, so I am trying to report from what I attended. This is just 33% of the excitement.
Day 1 of the open source mela started at 10am today. KNR gave a presentation on the open source efforts going on in IEC. He talked about the "open source culture" and the importance of thinking and being in the open. The hall started filling in as soon as KNR started to talk. This was followed by Harish's talk on open source technologies.
At 11am, there was an interesting talk by SaiSatish Vedam on "Architectures, Code, and Law". Sai talked about copyrights, controlled environments, and coding. In a proprietary software environment, there is an inherent copyright associated with the code we create (and the comments on the source code). The software industry is at a crossroads in terms of our understanding of the legal aspects of coding. This is not so straightforward unlike other industries. A lot of real-life examples helped the audience relate to what Sai talked about. Open source software comes to the software industry's rescue in these cases. In the ground floor conference room, Suvendu Ray talked about Sun's open source initiative and gave tips on how to participate in the open source programs. Incidentally, Suvendu is also one of the "think tanks" of Sun's open source agenda in IEC.
The 4th floor yoga room and cafeteria were abuzz with activity. Participants tried their luck on "how much do you know about Sun" quizzes and got a chance to talk to the engineers working on today's bleeding edge technologies.
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The open source mela begins today. The IEC Times carried a news article this morning.
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Bhavna Singh is providing in-house process expertise for open source.
When a product is planning to go open source, there are a lot of things to take care of. License restrictions and infringements are just two of them. How would you like if somone provides the required help to walk you through the whole process? Bhavna Singh provides this much needed expertise for IEC product teams. Hear Bhavna talk about open source review process.
Open source is the ideal development and business model for today's massively connected Participation Age economy. Why? Because it offers freedom to every user and developer by encouraging genuinely collaborative innovation. Open source software can lower customer barriers to: access, switching costs, and greater value achieved in an environment that allows for increased participation and competition. Companies gain compensation for their innovations by building on the contributions of others. Click here for more information.
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Seen in the IEC lobby:
A poster inviting Sun engineers to attend open source mela!
Open source projects are primarily community driven, although companies may make commercial products from these projects. Open source projects encourage everyone in the community to contribute their knowledge and expertise and, in turn, everyone in the community benefits. For example, when the community contributes enhancement requests or submits bug reports, fixes or enhancements are implemented to improve the tools, and everyone benefits. Example: Because NetBeans is open source, you can influence what happens to the IDE and the direction for NetBeans' future growth. Click here for more information.
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An interesting talk on NetBeans awaits those who are planning to attend the open source mela. This talk on NetBeans (intended primarily for engineers) by Rohan Ranade covers:
This talk will be followed by a demo on checking out source code, compiling source code, and writing enhancements.
Rohan
has been working on the NetBeans platform for the last 1.5 years
primarily on the XML editing aspects. Rohan is a self-made NetBeans
evangelist.
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Meet Tirthankar Das, the man behind IEC Open Source Mela. He sports an extra dash of color on the eve of Holi. Of course, he looks cool but organizing an event of this magnitude calls for a lot of talent and patience. The main objective of the mela is to generate awareness, participation, and contribution from the IEC community on open source technologies. The whole event is coordinated by the open source initiative team comprising: Suvendu Ray, Joe George, Kesari Mandyam, Swathi Devulapalli, Srinivasan Rengarajan, Veena Damodaran, Bhuvaneswari Panchapakesan, and KNR.
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What is Open Source? Why Open Source? Sun and Open Source?
Everything you always wanted to know about open source...
All your questions are answered at the IEC Open Source Mela 2008!
Learn at the Tech Talks, Lightning Talks, and Demos
Compete at the Open Source Gaming Arcade
Chill out at the Fun Events
Head to the Tryout Booths
There's something for everyone!
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