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Interview: Kristen Carlson AccardiInterview: Kristen Carlson AccardiPosted Jul 24, 2008 19:51 UTC (Thu) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)Parent article: Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi
This is a really cool phenomenon; the "hey, let's do our own thing that addresses the needs we aren't getting met at other people's things" idea seems to be a driving force in open source. And this sort of community organizing is very valuable. Kudos to Ms Accardi and company!
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Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi Posted Jul 24, 2008 20:33 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link] > the "hey, let's do our own thing that addresses the needs we aren't getting met at other people's things" idea It would seem to me that this *is* the idea of free software, not just a driving force. It's the right and power to address your own needs without needing to go begging at a proprietary vendor's door.
Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi Posted Jul 24, 2008 20:48 UTC (Thu) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047) [Link] Well, yes. It's just nifty to see it done in a context other than programming, as well.
Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi Posted Jul 25, 2008 3:26 UTC (Fri) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link] Another context that uses it as a driving force: http://indymedia.org
Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi Posted Jul 25, 2008 7:05 UTC (Fri) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159) [Link] Many of the popular community driven conferences got their start that way (e.g. linux.conf.au).
Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi Posted Jul 31, 2008 0:28 UTC (Thu) by dberkholz (subscriber, #23346) [Link] I may end up starting an OSS conference back in the Midwest once I move away from Portland, since I don't know of any good ones there yet. Does anyone else?
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