What Are FOSSBazaar and FOSSology and why should I care? March 25, 2008

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March, 24 2008

ABSTRACT

On December 18th, 2007, HP Launched an open source project called FOSSology. A month later on January 24th, 2008 HP, along with the Linux Foundation and several other
prominent organizations announced a new "Web Community" called FOSSBazaar. At a
high level, these two projects will appeal to different audiences and their growth will
certainly take different paths. However, both projects have been created for the same
fundamental reason; to accelerate the understanding and adoption of free and open source
software by businesses, institutions, and governments.

If you are a manager responsible for the procurement or development of software assets,
then FOSSBazaar and FOSSology can greatly simplify your life. If you are a developer
wanting to use and/or participate in open source projects, then FOSSBazaar can help you
get your management's approval. If you are a researcher interested in studying open
source, then FOSSBazaar and FOSSology are great resources to further your work. This
talk will describe the vision, direction, and current state of the FOSSology and
FOSSBazaar projects and (of course) be spattered with a "pitch" on how you can get
involved.

Speaker: Philip Robb
Phil Robb is General Manager of FOSSBazaar.org; a website and community dedicated
to improving the governance and adoption of free and open source software within
enterprises, institutions, and governments. Phil is also a section manager at Hewlett
Packard leading their Open Source Programs Office. In that role Phil manages several
product development teams focused on open source solutions and governance including
the FOSSology project (at FOSSology.org). Phil is also responsible for HP's Open
Source Review Board which is the governing body within HP for all open source
software usage and deployment. Prior to joining HP in 2001, Phil held senior
management and technical positions at Critical Path, Fisher Scientific, Motorola, and
Honeywell-Bull. Phil received a Bachelor's of Science degree in Management
Information Systems from Bowling Green State University, and attended Colorado State
University toward a Masters degree in Computer Science.