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Complete OSCON Coverage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-show-to-be-see dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Reporter Jay Lyman attended the O'Reilly OSCON developers' get-together and wrote daily briefs plus a wrap-up that are all posted on NewsForge now. If you didn't make it to this excellent conference, reading Jay's reports is the next best thing." Yes, NewsForge is also part of OSTG.

41 comments

  1. Did Parrot Dan get pied by Python Guido? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    It was supposed to happen at OSCON after the Parrot team conceded that they could not run the Parrotbench Python code.

    1. Re:Did Parrot Dan get pied by Python Guido? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Here's the link where the Parrot group concedes (see paragraph titled Pie-thon). Perhaps if Dan had done less chest-thumping and more coding the outcome might have been different.

  2. Damn ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Complete coverage my a** ! No mention of what they had for lunch.

    1. Re:Damn ! by hostyle · · Score: 1, Funny

      " ... Breakfast menu includes pastries & breakfast sandwiches ... "

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    2. Re:Damn ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      We had a Microsoft-sponsored bag lunch.

    3. Re:Damn ! by mbrewthx · · Score: 0

      It was here in Oregon they had spotted owl what else. My sister went and all see got me was a t-shirt damm her!!!!!!

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    4. Re:Damn ! by zbik · · Score: 1
      No mention of what they had for lunch.

      Cold wraps: choice of turkey/ham/veggie, with a generous helping of Oreos, chips, and candy. Last year Microsoft heavily promoted their sponsorship of the lunch; perhaps it backfired when people were afraid to eat it... imagine so many great hackers "accidentally" taken out by a case of bad mayonnaise.

    5. Re:Damn ! by RicJohnson · · Score: 0

      For FREE complete coverage, go to OsCon.Com

  3. What happened to the Pie-Thon challenge ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    If I remember correctly Dan Sugalski was all set to EAT PIE in OSCON 2004. Did Guido Van Rossum hit him face on ?.

    Parrot may not be fast enough yet, but it's the future of FreeSoftware VMs . (not a knock off .NET clone).

    1. Re:What happened to the Pie-Thon challenge ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      pics of Dan eating pie?
      Sterling Hughes pint (attempts to get PHP running on parrot) speech?

      Things need to start happening with parrot, so we aren't shoehorning everything onto a VM that may have patent encumbered libraries.

  4. I was there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And I can tell you, the highlight of the show had to be the presentations by JBoss. Their open source solutions were a step above the rest. I tell you right now - nothing compares to JBoss open source solutions, they're leading the way in OSS. I do not work for JBoss.

    1. Re:I was there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      God bless you Anonymous Coward. Find the love within to guide you through this tough time.

  5. I HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    OF YOUR MOM!!!!!!!

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  8. Christ... by jb.hl.com · · Score: 0

    Lets see some modded up comments already!

    Not one comment above 3? Are the mods fucking ASLEEP?!

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    1. Re:Christ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, they're not asleep. It's just this thread is complete shit. This thread contains more shit than CowboyNeals sphincter.

    2. Re:Christ... by jb.hl.com · · Score: 1

      That's true, half the posts are talking about gay niggers.

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  9. Re:Heh... by ScytheBlade1 · · Score: 1

    To be completly ignorant of timezones, and other coutries (and timezones) than mine...

    on Saturday July 31, @06:48AM

    Yeah, looks like they're asleep indeed.

  10. Parrot speed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Parrot is supposed to be 20 times faster than Python when it is complete, while IronPython will only be roughly the same speed as CPython 2.3.

    1. Re:Parrot speed by JRaven · · Score: 1

      If you follow the grandparent's link you'd find they're currently only expecting Python-on-Parrot to be two times faster; given the way they shot their mouths off before, I'm going to wait until I see a complete implementation before I'll trust them. I'd be similarly hesitant with IronPython, but they're at least more conservative in their claims.

    2. Re:Parrot speed by YU+Nicks+NE+Way · · Score: 1

      The big difference is that the IronPython guys have a release the you can test yourself. The python on parrot guys aren't close to that -- they couldn't even get parrotbench to run on their implementation.

  11. not be fast enough yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It was not a question of Parrot not being fast enough - Parrot was not able to run the Python benchmarks successfully and were disqualified by default. Seems odd though, the IronPython guy was able to complete the thing himself in 6 months and the Parrot guys have been at it for 3 years. Is CLR a better foundation than Parrot?

  12. OSCON comic by Snaggy · · Score: 1

    Our JoT of the event, featuring the Dyson Geekosphere, Microsoft Free Lunch Survival Kit, and the SCO-doo Dolls. enJoy!

  13. Brewster Kahle by zbik · · Score: 1
    Although there were many great hackers at OSCON this year, I was personally most inspired by Brewster Kahle, the man behind the Internet Archive repository of public domain media content. He pointed out that there's no use in blaming The Corporations for trying to get as rich as possible; it's the job of society and government to channel that greed with an appropriate legal regime (e.g. copyright reform). There was a good parallel with the destructive railroad monopolies of the 19th century, finally curbed by the Sherman Act. He also praised the VLC media player and called for an open-source SMIL-based "video browser"; perhaps something like AMBULANT.

    Some Portland kids called Feel(This)Films followed me around a bit and are hoping to release a short under a Creative Commons license; feel free to contact them if you have anything from the con to contribute.

  14. SCO Moot Court Facts/MP3 by CurtisLeeFulton · · Score: 1

    The SCO "stand in" (as NewsForge calls him) was Jonathan Zittrain, from Harvard Law School. Zittrain debated Mark Radcliffe (representing IBM), who is an IP attorney for the Gray Cary law firm. Radcliffe is currently helping Sun open source Solaris.

    You can download a recording of the entire SCO debate here.

    1. Re:SCO Moot Court Facts/MP3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hmm, I had wondered whether Mark Radcliffe was going to settle in at Radio 2 after Radio 1 axed his afternoon show - seems not. Does this mean Lard has found a job at Novell?

  15. FOSS in remake of King Kong - yuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Don't mind that they are using FOSS in the movie business.
    But to remake King Kong!? Spare me the indignity of it all.

    Might as well remake Gone With the Wind.

  16. 10 hours later by geekoid · · Score: 1

    and still only 36 comments. Apparently, anybody who cares, was there.

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  17. WTF? by scatterbrained · · Score: 1

    What is O'Reilly up to having a conference
    about capacitors?

    http://www.secc.co.jp/pdf/os_e/download/E55.pdf

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