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OSCON News and Coverage
OSCON is now underway. You can follow the convention on Twitter and check the OSCON site for news, coverage, videos, presentation files, and photos. Headlines from OSCON
- Maybe software services could harm free software after all (and other news from the Open Source convention)
- Microsoft's Linux contribution: Thank Novell?
- Open-source legal education comes to OSCON
- Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code
- OSCON so far
- Ignite OSCON Line-Up
Online Courses
Save 30% on any Certification SeriesUse code OSCON2009. Valid through 7/31/2009.
Open Source Programming Certificate — The course series targets students who want to acquire the skills needed for programming on any Linux or Unix platform. The Open Source Programming Certificate series is comprised of five courses that span programming skills from intermediate to complex. Students learn the core technical skills necessary for a complete understanding of programming using open source operating systems, languages, libraries and databases. Enroll Today and Save!
Open Source Books
Many of our books are available as Ebook Bundles — your bookshelf on your devices! And don't forget, you can
Buy 2 books, get the 3rd FREE! Use discount code: OPC10
See details.Bestselling
Java SOA Cookbook
by Eben Hewitt
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99
Bundle: $54.99
Version Control with Subversion
by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Second Edition
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $31.99
Bundle: $43.99
PHP Cookbook
by Adam Trachtenberg, David Sklar
Second Edition
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49
SQL in a Nutshell
by Kevin Kline, Daniel Kline, Brand Hunt
Third Edition
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49
Building Embedded Linux Systems
by Philippe Gerum, Karim Yaghmour, Jon Masters, Gilad Ben-Yossef
Second Edition
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99
Bundle: $54.99
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Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
by Bryan O'Sullivan
Print: $39.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $43.99
Gray Hat Python
(No Starch)
by Justin Seitz
Print: $39.95
Java SOA Cookbook
by Eben Hewitt
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99
Bundle: $54.99
Hello, Android
(Pragmatic Bookshelf)
by Ed Burnette
Print: $32.95
SQL in a Nutshell
by Kevin Kline, Daniel Kline, Brand Hunt
Third Edition
Print: $44.99
Ebook: $35.99
Bundle: $49.49
Radar Report
Open Source in the Enterprise
An O'Reilly Radar ReportUsing open source in the enterprise ? the question is no longer "if," but "how?" The low cost, easy access, and expansive license terms of open source are certainly attractive ? especially since IT budgets have decreased 3-5% every year, while software costs have increased, and IT staffs have been tasked to create web services and pursue Web 2.0 initiatives. Get the report.
Download an excerpt (PDF, 200 KB)
O'Reilly Webcast
Open Source Language Roundtable
Free Broadcast Live from OSCON
We all have our favorite languages in our tool-belt, but is there a "best" overall language? If anyone can hash that out, it will be the members of this roundtable discussion, some of the stars of the open source language space. This wide-ranging session, hosted and moderated by the O'Reilly Media editorial staff, and broadcast live on the web, will try to identify the best and worst features of each language, and which are best for various types of application development. Attendance is limited, so register now!
Open Source News & Commentary
Four short links: 24 July 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 24, 2009
Are Tweets Copyright-Protected (WIPO) -- According to an Internet posting on blogherald.com by Jonathan Bailey, every time a new communication technology emerges, it shifts the copyright landscape, and new copyright issues that do not fit existing intellectual property (IP) standards arise. With Twitter, for example, while its terms of service clearly state that tweeters own anything they post on...
Five projects for Open Source for America, and other reports from the Open Source convention
By Andy OramJuly 24, 2009
A group of companies and projects announced Open Source for America at the O'Reilly Open Source convention on Wednesday. I already have five projects they could take on.
Four short links: 23 July 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 22, 2009
Google Wave Federation Protocol -- the interesting part of Wave for me is the system for keeping databases coherent. There's a reference implementationl. I shouldn't have yelled at that Chinese guy so much -- the post that redeemed Fake Steve Jobs in my eyes. We all know that there's no fucking way in the world we should have microwave...
Four short links: 22 July 2009
By Nat TorkingtonJuly 22, 2009
ARtisan -- AR Flash library, the fastest and easiest way from point A to point B in browser based augmented reality. Love the demos on the home page. (via and bjepson) How to Increase Sign-ups By 200% -- A/B testing from 37Signals showed that "See Plans and Pricing" got twice the clickthroughs of "Free Trial!" and variations thereon. (via...
More Open Source News & Commentary
Open Source Experts
Van Lindberg
is a software engineer and practicing attorney. What he does most, though, is translate ? from ?lawyer? to ?engineer? and back. He likes working with both computer code and legal code to get things done. Van?s current work touches both traditional intellectual property and the emerging field of open source…
Tyler Mitchell
is the author of Web Mapping Illustrated - a book focused on teaching how to use popular Open Source Geospatial Toolkits. He works as the Executive Director of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, aka OSGeo.
Todd Ogasawara
is the editor of MobileAppsToday.com. He has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the Mobile Devices category for the past several years. You can find his personal website focusing on Mobile Device Technology at www.mobileviews.com.
Tim O'Reilly
is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O'Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.…
New Age of Participation
In The Art of Community, you'll learn about the broad range of talents required to recruit, motivate, and manage community members. The book takes you through the stages of community, and covers topics ranging from software tools to conflict resolution skills. Learn more.
Open Source Resources
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- FOSDEM: Free and Open Source Developers' Meeting
Open Source Book Excerpts:
- Using Erlang from Erlang Programming
- Migrating to Mercurial from Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
- Mercurial Queues Reference from Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
- Installing Mercurial from Source from Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
- Open Publication License from Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
- Writing Backward-Compatible Code from Ruby Best Practices
- Leveraging Ruby?s Standard Library from Ruby Best Practices
- Ruby Worst Practices from Ruby Best Practices
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Women in Technology Forum
Created in response to our Women in Technology series, our Women in Technology forum is a place for women to share their stories, experiences, concerns, and vision.
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