Comments on: OSCON? Gone http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/ Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest Thu, 24 May 2012 03:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: It’s official. OSCON 2011 will be held in Portland, the unofficial hub of open source. « Silicon Florist http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-16965 It’s official. OSCON 2011 will be held in Portland, the unofficial hub of open source. « Silicon Florist Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:45:41 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-16965 [...] being a sure thing for so many years, OSCON, the premier open source conference in the world, stepped away from Portland in 2009. Now, now, now. Dry those little tears. They came back. OSCON 2010 was held right here in [...] [...] being a sure thing for so many years, OSCON, the premier open source conference in the world, stepped away from Portland in 2009. Now, now, now. Dry those little tears. They came back. OSCON 2010 was held right here in [...]

]]> By: Open source citizens continue to impress with Open Source Bridge conference | Silicon Florist http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-7388 Open source citizens continue to impress with Open Source Bridge conference | Silicon Florist Fri, 01 May 2009 09:07:35 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-7388 [...] OSCON decided to leave Portland last year, I couldn’t have been more disappointed. Now, I feel entirely different. This has really [...] [...] OSCON decided to leave Portland last year, I couldn’t have been more disappointed. Now, I feel entirely different. This has really [...]

]]> By: Open source citizens continue to impress with Open Source Bridge conference | Oregon Startup Blog http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-7309 Open source citizens continue to impress with Open Source Bridge conference | Oregon Startup Blog Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:37:55 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-7309 [...] OSCON decided to leave Portland last year, I couldn’t have been more disappointed. Now, I feel entirely different. This has really [...] [...] OSCON decided to leave Portland last year, I couldn’t have been more disappointed. Now, I feel entirely different. This has really [...]

]]> By: Open Source Bridge: Calling all open source citizens » Silicon Florist http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-6692 Open Source Bridge: Calling all open source citizens » Silicon Florist Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:57:25 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-6692 [...] many of you know, OSCON will be held in San Jose, this year. And RailsConf will be in Las Vegas. That left Portland—arguably the de facto hub [...] [...] many of you know, OSCON will be held in San Jose, this year. And RailsConf will be in Las Vegas. That left Portland—arguably the de facto hub [...]

]]> By: I won’t attend OSCON next year « Seek Nuance http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-6062 I won’t attend OSCON next year « Seek Nuance Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:29:23 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-6062 [...] official reasons for moving it to San Jose didn’t sounded very convincing to me. Or to a lot of other people. Allison Randal makes a, “Bigger is better, and OSCON will forever keep [...] [...] official reasons for moving it to San Jose didn’t sounded very convincing to me. Or to a lot of other people. Allison Randal makes a, “Bigger is better, and OSCON will forever keep [...]

]]> By: Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap : Oregon Startup Blog http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-5766 Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap : Oregon Startup Blog Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:14:27 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-5766 [...] We—and I’m using the royal “we”—were all a bit taken aback when O’Reilly decided to pull the plug on OSCON in Portland. [...] [...] We—and I’m using the royal “we”—were all a bit taken aback when O’Reilly decided to pull the plug on OSCON in Portland. [...]

]]> By: Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap » Silicon Florist http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-5722 Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap » Silicon Florist Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:08:02 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-5722 [...] We—and I’m using the royal “we”—were all a bit taken aback when O’Reilly decided to pull the plug on OSCON in Portland. [...] [...] We—and I’m using the royal “we”—were all a bit taken aback when O’Reilly decided to pull the plug on OSCON in Portland. [...]

]]> By: Sean P. Kane http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-4634 Sean P. Kane Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:53:17 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-4634 GOSCON 08 is another technical conference that is still in town for at least one more show. Government Open Source Conference http://goscon.org/ October 21-22 If you are going to this or the Linux Plumber's Conference that would be a great time to advocate Portland as the continued location for these conferences and articulate why we make a good home for these gatherings. GOSCON 08 is another technical conference that is still in town for at least one more show.

Government Open Source Conference
http://goscon.org/
October 21-22

If you are going to this or the Linux Plumber’s Conference that would be a great time to advocate Portland as the continued location for these conferences and articulate why we make a good home for these gatherings.

]]> By: Rick Turoczy http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 Rick Turoczy Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:06:26 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-4593 @Steven I like your optimism! And I'm really glad to hear that Recent Changes Camp will be coming to Portland. Thanks for the heads up! @Steven I like your optimism! And I’m really glad to hear that Recent Changes Camp will be coming to Portland. Thanks for the heads up!

]]> By: Steven Walling http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-4579 Steven Walling Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:49:14 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/09/10/oscon-gone/#comment-4579 I agree that it's a major loss for Portland to see RailsConf and OSCON gone. But, looking on the bright side, <a href="http://recentchangescamp.org/" rel="nofollow">Recent Changes Camp</a> (the wiki unconference) is firmly set in Portland this year, likely in February or March. We should have a planning wiki set up for RCC 09 in the next few weeks. I agree that it’s a major loss for Portland to see RailsConf and OSCON gone.

But, looking on the bright side, Recent Changes Camp (the wiki unconference) is firmly set in Portland this year, likely in February or March. We should have a planning wiki set up for RCC 09 in the next few weeks.

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