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Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi

dberkholz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:28:28 +0000

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?

Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi

jamesh — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:05:11 +0000

Many of the popular community driven conferences got their start that way (e.g.
linux.conf.au).

Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi

pabs — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:26:28 +0000

Another context that uses it as a driving force: http://indymedia.org

Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi

flewellyn — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:48:24 +0000

Well, yes.  It's just nifty to see it done in a context other than programming, as well.

Interview: Kristen Carlson Accardi

allesfresser — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:33:08 +0000

> 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

flewellyn — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:51:24 +0000

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!