FOSDEM FOTOS

Last month I had the distinct pleasure of attending the "best free software and open source event in Europe," also known as FOSDEM'08 (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting).  Sun had quite a presence there with a plethora (>20) of OpenSolaris, Java, and OpenOffice developers in attendance and a table in the exhibit hall right in the main traffic area.  Stefan Schneider from Sun gave a lightning talk on the new OpenSolaris distro (code-named Indiana).  In addition, Achim Hasenmueller, of VirtualBox fame, gave his first talk as a Sun employee.  He described VirtualBox and its exciting (and open!) future now that Innotek is part of Sun.  If you are interested in virtualization technology and you want a quick, easy, and cheap way to experience a virtualized OS world, then give it a spin: VirtualBox download page

Some photos from FOSDEM'08 follow.  For even more information, material from FOSDEM'08 talks can be found linked off of the main FOSDEM page.  In addition, Gerard van den Berg has a most excellent blog entry describing his experiences at FOSDEM.

#1: Busy at the OpenSolaris table

#2: At one of the talks

#3: Charles Nutter giving a talk on JRuby

#4: Sara and Menno at the OpenSolaris table

#5: Achim's first talk as a Sun employee

#6: Continuing the VirtualBox presentation

#7: Listening to the virtualization talks

#8: A crowd at the Gnome table

#9: Brussels: On the hunt for chocolate...

#10: Brussels: Place du Petit Sablon