Hi all,
Its that time of year. Time for a major figure in Open Source to come to visit us. Time for us to all gather in a large room and listen to the musings of an Uber Geek, a major Open Source advocate and an all-around nerdy guy. This nerdy guy has some strong opinions on Open Source, and its sure to be an event.
Bruce Perens is the author of the Open Source Definition and has been speaking out for Open Source since the movement began. He's an excellent speaker, I've heard several of his podcasts and am very much looking forward to him coming to Provo to speak to all of us geeks.
Bruce has been on a crusade for Open Source and has started a new site: techp.org, along with perens.com, which show the things he's promoting and why he wants them to succeed. I've spent a good amount of time on his sites recently and am very impressed with his thoughts and ideas. Being the president of Utah Open Source and desiring to promote Open Source from within Utah, I am excited to see a force of good talking about how Open Source should be, how it can be used in businesses and homes alike and how people can benefit overall from the Open Source movement.
I am personally so excited to see the growth of Open Source in Utah. We have such a vibrant community here and I think we can be so much more.