Oregon city builds a reputation as a hub for software revolution (Christian Science Monitor) [LWN.net]

The Christian Science Monitor notes that Oregon has become an open source hub. "Too many cooks may spoil the broth, but too many programmers just makes software better. For a multibillion-dollar company that's spent decades protecting its code with the rigor of Fort Knox, that's a radical notion. But open source is fast gaining converts, shattering traditional business models, and, in the process, transforming Portland into one of the world's open source hubs." (Thanks to Duncan)

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Oregon city builds a reputation as a hub for software revolution (Christian Science Monitor)

Posted Nov 29, 2005 19:44 UTC (Tue) by jwb (guest, #15467) [Link]

Oregon has long enjoyed the presence of high technology companies. Tektronix and Analog Devices have been in Beaverton for 60 and 40 years, respectively. It's wonderful that they are building up an open-source economy there, but it comes as no surprise. They have a very educated population in the near-coastal cities or Oregon and a long-standing support network for entreprenuers. Silicon Valley is really all about money and getting rich, and perhaps it has been that way for a long time. I wouldn't know, I haven't been around that long. But in Oregon I get the feeling that the focus is still on the technology rather than the loot.

Oregon city builds a reputation as a hub for software revolution (Christian Science Monitor)

Posted Nov 29, 2005 20:28 UTC (Tue) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link]

> (Thanks to Duncan)

=8^)

I'm living in Arizona now, but my family's roots are US NW,
Oregon/Washington. I've been watching the Portland area heat up as a
FLOSS center for a couple years, now, what with OSDL and Linus there, now,
and with OSUOSL (Oregon State University Open Source Lab) and the
resources they make available. That has formed a core for an active and
expanding FLOSS community.

As a Gentoo user, I certainly appreciate OSUOSL's contributions to the
community in particular, given that they house and provide the bandwidth
for many of the main Gentoo machines.

If it sounds like I'm a bit homesick, it's because I am. Maybe I'll move
back up that way one of these days.

Duncan