O'Reilly Open Source Convention
Encyclopedia
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) is an annual convention
for the discussion of free and open source software
. It is organized by the publisher O'Reilly Media
and is held each summer in the United States
.
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
for the discussion of free and open source software
Free and open source software
Free and open-source software or free/libre/open-source software is software that is liberally licensed to grant users the right to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code...
. It is organized by the publisher O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics...
and is held each summer in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Notable events
- OSCON grew out of The PerlPerlPerl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
Conference, but the amount of Perl content has continued to decline year over year. - The Sun Grid EngineSun Grid EngineOracle Grid Engine, previously known as Sun Grid Engine , previously known as CODINE or GRD , is an open source batch-queuing system, developed and supported by Sun Microsystems...
open source project was announced at the 2001 conference. - OSCON has been the host to Larry WallLarry WallLarry Wall is a programmer and author, most widely known for his creation of the Perl programming language in 1987.-Education:Wall earned his bachelor's degree from Seattle Pacific University in 1976....
's State of the Onion keynotes.
Locations
- 1999: Monterey, CA
- 2000: Monterey, CA
- 2001: San Diego, CA (July 22 - July 26, 2001)
- 2002: San Diego, CA (July 22 - July 26, 2002)
- 2003: Portland, OR (July 7 - July 11, 2003)
- 2004: Portland, OR (July 26 - July 30, 2004)
- 2005: Portland, OR (August 1 - August 5, 2005)
- 2006: Portland, OR (July 24 - July 28, 2006)
- 2007: Portland, OR (July 23 - July 27, 2007)
- 2008: Portland, OR (July 21 - July 25, 2008)
- 2009: San Jose, CA (July 20 - July 24, 2009)
- 2010: Portland, OR (July 19 - July 23, 2010)