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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Bruno Souza

Sun Microsystems

Bruno F. Souza Bruno F. Souza is the number one Java Evangelist in Brazil, responsible for hundreds of Java presentations throughout the country and internationally. As a Java consultant, Bruno participated in some of the largest Java projects in Brazil. As founder and coordinator of SouJava (the Java Users Society) Brazil’s most important Java User Group, and one of the largest worldwide, and also working with many other JUGs, Bruno helped drive the growth of the Brazilian Java community. Working with JUGs for so many years, Bruno helped unite the Brazilian JUGs community. Bruno is now a community manager at Sun Microsystems. Bruno is also Director of the Open Source Initiative, were he defends and promote usage and development of open source software worldwide.

Sessions

11:35am Thursday, 07/24/2008
Open Source / Open World
Emerging Topics
 Location: Portland 255
Danese Cooper (Open Source Initiative and REvolution Computing), Rishab Aiyer Ghosh (UNU-MERIT), Harshad Gune (Symbiosis International University), Martin Michlmayr (Hewlett Packard), Nnenna Nwakanma (OSI, nnenna.org), Bruno Souza (Sun Microsystems), Alolita Sharma (Technetra, OSI) Moderated by: Danese Cooper
It's been 10 years since the term open source was coined in the U.S., and in that time transparent commons-based software development has changed the face of the U.S. software industry. But what impact has open source had outside of the U.S.? This panel will introduce you to five people who report on the reach and impact of open source worldwide. Learn how we're changing the world!! Read more.
OSCON 2008