Press Release
April 11, 2002
Innovation at the Heart of the Enterprise: The 2002 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
"In lean times, the hardiest things flourish..."
--O'Reilly founder and president Tim O'Reilly
Sebastopol, CA--Registration has just opened for the 2002 O'Reilly Open Source Convention, one of
the most anticipated annual technical conferences for the open source
community. Creators, practitioners, and hackers come together once again at
the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in sunny San Diego, California, July 22-26, 2002.
Open source software has grown from radical business choice to solid,
mainstream option. Major corporations that once scoffed at or resisted
using open source tools are now embracing them as a viable and
economical alternative. In 1997, O'Reilly debuted its first Perl
Conference; since then, the convention has grown up with the open
source movement, becoming both a focal point for recognizing its
successes and a flash point for continued open source innovation.
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention distills open source values into
programs designed to share information, transfer skills, and integrate
grassroots organizations and prime movers into the burgeoning open
source community. The 2002 Convention will be juiced by all the
sessions, personalities, and events that perennial conventioneers have
come to expect, including:
- Thought-provoking keynote presentations by legal conscience Lawrence
Lessig, and by the leader of the free software movement, Richard
Stallman.
- This year's convention highlights the open source aspects of
bioinformatics, with keynote addresses slated from Ewan Birney and
James Kent.
- Bioinformatician Lincoln Stein offers a "Network Programming with
Perl" tutorial.
- James Duncan Davidson describes the best of many worlds with an "Open
Source and Java: Lessons from the Apache Experience" presentation.
- Mono project leader Miguel de Icaza explains how to develop an
application in the open source implementation of Microsoft's Common
Language Runtime.
- Python tamer Guido van Rossum delivers a "State of the Python Union"
address.
Conferences Within the Convention
Perl Conference 6
Perl legends and great entertainers Larry Wall and Damian Conway
introduce Perl 6, the latest edition of the leading general purpose
scripting language. Participants in this conference focus on the
here-and-now (Perl 5, new modules, XML and web services) as well as the
future (Perl 6 and Parrot).
PHP Conference 2
Responsible for over 7 million domains, PHP is a leading open source
development language. The conference showcases PHP and Unix, Windows,
Apache, security, new developments, case studies, large-scale
applications development, and best practices. Go to "PHP 4.1 and
Beyond" with Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP Project founder.
XTech2002 XML Conference
XML is the key to that new buzz phrase, web services. This conference
cuts through the hype by covering present essentials, as well as what's
coming down the pike: web services, topic maps, integration with
relational databases, parsing, transformations, SVG, and standards and
schemas.
Featured Tracks
- Python, with an emphasis on Zope
- Apache Web Server, specifically 2.0, modules, configuration, and
performance tuning
- Java, featuring Jakarta, Jserv, Ant, and Jboss
- Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS X
- Databases, focusing on MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redhat B, SAPDB, Berkeley DB
- Emerging topics, such as gaming, shared source and government projects
Hit the Books, then Hit the Beach
Get ready to roll up your trousers and wiggle your toes in the sand:
the convention hotel is steps away from the warm Pacific. Don't worry
about leaving the family behind during summer vacation--even if your
10-year-old daughter isn't a hacker (yet), bring 'em along. Once again
we're offering a Kids World option to attendees, as well as free
shuttle buses to area attractions.
Sponsorship Information
For the first time, Apple has signed on as a Platinum Sponsor. For more
information regarding exhibition or sponsorship opportunities at the
convention, contact Andrew Calvo at 707-827-7176, or
andrewc@oreilly.com.
Additional Resources
Words About the 2001 Open Source Convention
"It's a rare thing to attend a computing conference where something
actually happens--here, instead of people waxing profound on the
possibilities of this technology or that (in between coffee breaks),
you get a surprise announcement that's certain to shake up the world as
we know it. But there's a sense here this week that this
conference--the O'Reilly Open Source Convention--might be one of those
that amounts to something: Minds will be changed. People will see the
light. The world will be better after this."
--Farhad Manjoo, Wired, July 25, 2001
"O'Reilly's Open Source Conference (OSCON) is easily the most
interesting technical event I attend every year. Each day at the
conference I get the chance to talk with brilliant, passionate people
who have done amazing work. I doubt that in the course of my life I
will ever be in a place where the average IQ or level of dedication is
any higher."
--WebMonkey, August 2, 2001
About O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.
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