December 2007 Meetup - Simon Phipps, Sun Microsystems

When

Wednesday, December 5th 7:30 PM

What - Meetup Agenda

7:30pm - 7:45pm Meet each other

7:45pm - 7:50pm Opening by the Organizer

8:00pm - 8:45pm  - Mr. Simon Phipps - Sun's FOSS Philosophy and Strategy

Will be presenting a talk on Sun's FOSS initiatives touching on topics such as strategy and direction as well as projects such as OpenJDK and OpenSolaris. He will also have a surprise announcement in store for attendees.

8:45pm - 9:30pm Open Discussion

Cost:

Free. No registration required, just come right in, have a seat, and join the crowd.

Contact

kaeru@inigo-tech.com
+60163111330

Where:

OUM Angkasa Raya
Open University Malaysia
Floor\Tingkat 3, Bangunan Angkasa Raya,
Jalan Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
TEL: 60-3-2148 8400

Located near Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC)
15 minute walk from the KLCC LRT station.
Praying facilities are available on the campus.

Check out the map here.

About the Speaker

Simon Phipps is the Chief Open Source Officer at Sun Microsystems, co-ordinating Sun's extensive participation in free and open source software communities and actively participating in the global conversation they express. Prior to this appointment he co-founded Sun’s pioneering staff weblog facility at blogs.sun.com.

He takes an active interest in several free/open source software organisations, including serving on the Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation. He holds a degree in electronic engineering and is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the British Computer Society where he is on the committee of his local branch.

About MyOSS Meetups

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This meetup is possible due to the support and facilities provided by Open University Malaysia.