Sponsors
  • Intel
  • Microsoft
  • Google
  • Sun Microsystems
  • BT
  • IBM
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • Zimbra
  • Atlassian Software Systems
  • Disney
  • EnterpriseDB
  • Etelos
  • Ingres
  • JasperSoft
  • Kablink
  • Linagora
  • MindTouch
  • Mozilla Corporation
  • Novell, Inc.
  • Open Invention Network
  • OpSource
  • RightScale
  • Silicon Mechanics
  • Tenth Planet
  • Ticketmaster
  • Voiceroute
  • White Oak Technologies, Inc.
  • XAware
  • ZDNet

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Jan Lehnardt

Jan Lehnardt

CouchDB

Jan Lehnardt is an Open Source software consultant spcialized on internet technologies. He has years of experience with building small- and big-scale database backed applications. He has a keen eye for user experience and typography. He co-founded Freisatz, a company bringing typographic bliss to everyone and he contributes to several Open Source projects.

Sessions

11:35am Wednesday, 07/23/2008
CouchDB from 10,000 ft
Databases
 Location: F150
Jan Lehnardt (CouchDB) Moderated by: Jan Lehnardt
This presentation takes a look at CouchDB from 10,000 ft. We try not to lose you in technical details and paint the big picture that you need to understand CouchDB's strengths and weaknesses. CouchDB is a _document oriented database_. It does not adhere to the relational principles of traditional databases. You will learn what that means for your application design. Read more.
1:45pm Thursday, 07/24/2008
The Future of Open Source Database
Products & Services
 Location: E142
Bill Maimone (Ingres), Jan Lehnardt (CouchDB), Geoff Zeiss (Autodesk, Inc.), Bruce Momjian (EnterpriseDB) Moderated by: Bill Maimone
Industry analysts predict the open source database market to grow to $4.5 Billion by 2010. Don’t miss the boat! Come discuss the great innovations in open source database technology with representatives from leading open source databases such as Autodesk, Couch DB, Enterprise DB and Ingres. Read more.
OSCON 2008