ApacheCon 2006: The state of the feather and more
ApacheCon US 2006 kicked off its general session this morning in Austin, Texas, following two days of tutorials. Apache Software Foundation (ASF) president Sander Striker opened the proceedings with his "State of the Feather" address. Cliff Stoll, the hacker-catching, planetary astronomer, author, and volunteer 7th grade science teacher, followed Striker with a keynote address which included a demonstration of how he taught a 7th grade science class to measure the speed of light.
ApacheCon is small compared to commercialized conferences like LinuxWorld or Black Hat. The number of attendees at this one is less than 500, according to Sally Khudairi of HALO Worldwide. The crowd is a mix of Apache hackers, users, and others involved in the ecosystem surrounding the dominant HTTP server on the planet. Size may be one reason the sense of community is so strong here compared to more commercialized shows I've attended the past few years.
Of course, commercial firms are here as sponsors and exhibitors, and as users and participants in the various open source projects. Before the first speakers this morning, Google, Sun, Covalent, Simula Labs, and others had staffed their booths in the exhibit area. Novell and IBM were present, too, though I didn't see their booths.
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