An Open Source City
Posted by: josh | From: December 6, 2005
Maybe there's something to this open source thing.
I've long been a supporter of open source software development, but a skeptic of the ability of a specific place to concentrate open-source activity. However, it seems Portland has massed enough projects -- open-source conventions, commercial open-source labs, and celebrity open-source developers -- to actually attract more of all the same. And now that actual money is getting involved, in the form of grants, venture capital, and potential government savings, the idea of Portland becoming an open source hub has some real potential.
There's lots more to read in this nice Christian Science Monitor writeup.
And they didn't even mention OSCON, that's great open source booty for Portland ;) I think it was Tim O'Reilly (or maybe Nat?) who said that there are more O'Reilly authors per capita in PDX than anywhere else.
just sayin.
Posted by: tth at December 6, 2005 4:00 PM
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Siemens just announced they are joining the OSDL:
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/12/05/daily16.html?jst=b_ln_hl
Posted by: Mikey at December 6, 2005 1:24 PM