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Jeff has been a pioneer in the open source software industry
for over a decade. He led the open source engineering teams
for Cygnus Solutions, the first company to provide commercial
support for open source software. After Red Hat acquired Cygnus
in 1999, Jeff led the company’s tools engineering teams.
He is a key advisor to Red Hat's senior management, and he
helps the company’s customers and partners plan their
migrations to open source technologies. Jeff also serves on
the steering committee for GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) and
on the board of the Fedora Project.
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will discuss the history and philosophy of open source
technologies. He will highlight the pros and cons of the
development model, and provide you with examples of real
world deployments of open source solutions. Jeff will
conclude with a discussion of what the future holds for
open source technologies as they become more prevalent
in Fortune 500 IT departments. |
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