Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors

  • Intel
  • Microsoft

Platinum Sponsors

  • Google
  • Sun Microsystems

Gold Sponsors

  • BT
  • IBM
  • Yahoo! Inc.
  • Zimbra

Silver Sponsors

  • 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

Premier Media Partner

  • ZDNet

Sponsorship Opportunities

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Brian Tatnall

Stark Investments

Brian Tatnall is a software developer with Obtiva Corporation where he is actively working with Rails and Spring. He has been designing and building e-commerce solutions for several years. His areas of professional interest include web application frameworks, test driven development, agile practices and security.

Sessions

11:35am Friday, 07/25/2008
Apprenticeships on Open Source
Programming
 Location: D138
Dave Hoover (Obtiva), Brian Tatnall (Stark Investments) Moderated by: Dave Hoover
Apprenticeship programs offer opportunities to learn and innovate in the context of real-world projects under the supervision of experienced journeymen. We will review the aspects of Open Source Software (OSS) that helped jump-start Obtiva's apprenticeship program, such as market demand, active communities, low cost, hackable source, and opportunities for public contribution. Read more.
OSCON 2008