Saturday September 20th was Software Freedom Day. This was a celebration of the ideas and technologies which drive free and open source technologies. As the SUN Microsystems campus ambassador to the University of Florida, I put on an event to celebrate this. I started off by giving an introductory talk to the SFD and SUN's involvement.
The main speaker of the event was Colin Hosert the CIO of GrooveShark.com. He spoke of how using open source technologies both helped and hindered his company. (GrooveShark is a company that is run rather tight and efficient budget compared to their competitors).
Later, I spoke breifly about OpenSolaris and showed how to install it using VirtualBox. I gave away free bags and cds. We also had some GREAT food from Sonny's BBQ!!
I made some great contacts with foss enthusiasts in the gainesville area, and on UF campus. Especially, people from Florida Free Culture and GatorLUG. We will probably have some joint events together in the future.
Below is a link to some picture I snapped of the Event.
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