O'Reilly Open Source Convention explained
| O'Reilly Open Source Convention |
| Status: | Inactive |
| Genre: | Open Source (mainly software) |
| Location: | Portland, Oregon (exceptions) |
| Country: | United States |
| Organizer: | O'Reilly Media |
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) was an American annual convention for the discussion of free and open-source software. It was organized by publisher O'Reilly Media and was held each summer, mostly in Portland, Oregon, from 1999 to 2019.
History
OSCON grew out of The Perl Conference, but the amount of Perl content continued to decline each year. The first Perl Conference took place in 1997. The first OSCON was held in 1999.[1] [2]
- Notable events
- The OpenOffice.org open source project was announced at the 2000 conference in Monterey.[3]
- The OpenStack open source project was launched at the 2010 conference.[4]
- OSCON has been the host to Larry Wall's State of the Onion keynotes.
- All O'Reilly events were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the company closed the in-person conference portion of their business.[5]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: OSCON Celebrates 10th Year: Annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention Opens Registration and Announces Program. 2008-04-15. 2013-03-04.
- Web site: Perl Foundation Conferences. YAPC.
- Web site: Phipps. Simon. Birthday Presents. Blogs.Sun.Com. Sun Microsystems. 16 April 2014. 18 October 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417075645/https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/birthday_presents. 17 April 2014. dead.
- Web site: OpenStack Launch Bash. O'Reilly Media. 16 April 2014. 20 July 2010.
- Web site: From O’Reilly President, Laura Baldwin: O’Reilly’s events business. 2020-03-24. 2020-03-24.
