Thanks to Matt Asay for a great OSBC

I've spent the past two days at OSBC in San Francisco, and this was probably the best OSBC ever.  The conference was packed with many interesting people, both speakers and attendees.  I want to make sure to thank Matt publicly for putting together such a fantastic program.  The content was incredible.  This was one of the few conferences I've attended lately where not only did I want to attend the sessions, but they lived up to their expectations.  Thanks Matt for all the hard work.

Comments

[Adam Cohn]

I agree. It was my first OSBC and I have to say it was one of the best business conferences I've ever attended.

[Shyam Veerina]

I echo Larry’s sentiments. We at GlobalRoads have been following the OSBC and the OSS movement incognito since 05. This year’s show is absolutely great and it met all our expectations on the technology, investment & legal tracks. Interaction and participation in Q & A with all the brain trust from leading edge first, second and third generation OSS companies and their leadership is really inspiring, which is unheard of in the proprietary software world where everything is proprietary and a trade secret from the code to the patents to the business models.

Topics such as Downloads to Dollars and the JBoss Story from Larry and David are really eye opening in terms of sharing everything under the hood including the business models.

One suggestion for the next years show – it would be very informative if we could get a CIO Key Note speech on implementing say for example SugarCRM or Alfresco or JasperSoft or Compiere. Specifically, we would like to hear ‘the how’ to overcome the Organizational and Departmental challenges raised by Stake Holders and End Users from moving away from proprietary mission critical business applications and platforms that are working - though from a business stand point might have higher TCO and diminishing ROI. There is a learning curve, in-house technical competency/capability, politics, established relationships with ISV’s and lot of other hurdles that have to be surmounted to successfully deploy the next gen apps.

Thanks again Matt and the entire OSBC Team for very informative 2 Day Sessions. To summarize one of our GlobalRoads Team Member's quote on OSBC “ It is like joining the 17th century Alchemists in the 21st Century, who are re-defining the future of software and we are privileged to be here in this moment of history”.