[dundee] Fwd: Accu conference 2004 info

[Martin Habets]

> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:29:36 +0000
> Subject: [lugmaster] Accu conference 2004 (Oxford, 14-17 April)
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Richard Austin <richard at reportlab.com> -----
> 
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:24:51 -0000
> Subject: Accu conference 2004 info
> 
> [snip]
> 
> we are hoping to get a message out
> to all LUGs regarding the Accu conference (some details below) which has a
> strong Linux theme this year.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> 
> The ACCU (Association of C and C++ Users) spring conference will be taking
> place at the Randolph Hotel in central Oxford, April 14-17 2004. Major
> sponsors include Microsoft, O'Reilly, Blackwells, ReportLab, Perforce and
> QBS.
> 
> This year, in addition to the impressive technical programme, the event aims
> to examine the big issues and latest trends in the software industry today
> and will feature a two-day Open Source Forum with experts instrumental in
> the Open Source revolution.  Read more at:
> 
>   http://www.accu.org/conference/opensource.html
> 
> The "Decision Makers' Day" on Wednesday 14th April covers
> - the rate of adoption of key open source technologies
> - what kind of support major players are providing
> - open source software in eGovernment and Financial Services
> - numerous case studies on best practices
> 
> The"Software Industry Day" on Thursday 15th covers
> - after the dot com crash, which business models are actually working for
>   companies which give their software away?
> - who is funding all those developers anyway?
> - the debate over software patents, arguably the key issue in 
>   the industry this year
> 
> The keynote speaker is Eric Raymond, whose paper "The Cathedral and the
> Bazaar" popularized and explained the Open Source phenomenon.   Other
> speakers include Paul Everitt, co-founder of Zope Corp, whose open source
> content management system is in massive use in the public sector; David
> Ascher of ActiveState (Vancouver), recently acquired by Sophos; Aljosa Pasic
> of Schlumberger-Sema; James Heald, a leading campaigner in the Software
> Patents debate.
> 
> The ACCU conference is a ten year old event which has grown into one of the
> leading technical events for software developers worldwide, and regularly
> features the authors of C++ and Python as well as many other luminaries.
> 
> The Open Source Forum does not presume any technical knowledge or prior
> background and will be an ideal opportunity to learn about the key
> issues affecting the software industry today.
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----



	
	
		
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