Swiss Open Source Software Conference & Exposition

Technology Track 2

25. September 2008

10:30

Do You Believe in the Users?
All software has users, though most developers have forgotten how to respect and trust them. This talk will focus on anecdotes and strategies for keeping software design uncomplicated and putting usability above programming convenience.
Brian Fitzpatrick, Google, Inc.
Brian Fitzpatrick leads Google's Chicago engineering efforts and also serves as engineering manager for Google Code and internal advisor for Google's open source efforts. In 2000, he became a core Subversion developer.
11:10

Deep inside Android, the Google-led Open Source mobile platform
Let's dig into Android and its applications, libraries, services and Dalvik VM. This session will also focus on available APIs and how to construct and deploy effective Android applications on the phone.
Gilles Printemps, Esmertec
Gilles Printemps is working as software architect for Esmertec where he is leading the Compatibility Test Suite Framework (CTS) for the Google-led Android mobile platform. He has 10+ years of industry experience.
11:50

Seaside - Web Development Evolved
Seaside takes web development to the next level: Imagine being able to debug and fix a broken web-hit in the middle of the request. Imagine being able to reuse web components and model flow with the ease of OOP.
Lukas Renggli, University of Bern
Lukas Renggli is a core developer of the Seaside web framework and independent software engineering consultant. He has been using Seaside in industrial settings for more than 6 years and is author and contributor to various open-source projects.
12:30

Eclipse Verticals – from Open Source Consumption to Creation
We see a trend in vertical industries to use the Open Source community paradigm for software. This talk uses the Eclipse Open Source project to describe how Open Source foundations, licenses and governance models can support these groups.
Ralph Müller, Eclipse Foundation
Ralph Müller represents the Eclipse Foundation in Europe. His role is focused on growing the Eclipse Ecosystem across Europe. Ralph has worked in the software industry as a computer scientist for over 20 years.
13:10

Behind the Scenes of The Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation has become one of the most important Open Source Foundations, and the home to more than 55 projects. We will discuss how the ASF works, how it is organized, how projects are managed, and how it came to be.
Lars Eilebrecht, Apache Software Foundation
Lars Eilebrecht is co-founder and member of the ASF and started contributing to the Apache HTTP Server in 1997. He is VP of the ASF's Conference Planning Committee, member of the Apache security team and the Apache public relations committee.
13:50

SLF4J and logback projects
SLF4J is a logging abstraction gaining wide acceptance in the Java world. Logback is the successor of the log4j project. This talk will present the SLF4J API as well as use cases and the advantages of logback over alternatives.
Ceki Gülcü, QOS.ch
Ceki is the founder of several Open Source projects, including log4j, SLF4J and logback. His interests include software testing, security and reliability. He works as a software engineer at QOS.ch, a software company in Lausanne.
14:30

Android - an open source platform (not only) for mobile devices
This talk will give a technical overview of the Android platform, highlighting noteworthy specialties of both Linux and the Java language. We will demonstrate Android’s potential beyond its use on mobile phones with sample applications.
Dr. Jörg Pleumann, Noser Engineering AG
Jörg Pleumann leads the development of the Android core libraries and core testing. He was one of the judges in the Android Developer Challenge. He has also contributed to various open-source projects and holds a PhD in computer science.
15:10

Taming content repositories with Apache Sling
Apache Sling is a web framework that uses a JSR-170 content repository, such as Apache Jackrabbit, to store and manage content. Our famous «your blog in 15 minutes» example will help you in getting started evaluating Sling and JCR.
Bertrand Delacretaz and Michael Marth, Day Software
Bertrand Delacretaz is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and a senior developer in Day Software's R&D team, using open source tools to create world-class software. Michael Marth is Day's technical evangelist.
15:50

Open Source Virtualization
Virtualization has recently been hyped. For one of the first times, Open Source has been leading the pack. This talk will guide you trough different Open Source virtualizations, from Xen to KVM, from Bochs to Virtualbox and others.
Kris Buytaert, Inuits
Kris Buytaert is a long time Linux and Open Source Consultant. He is the Co-Author of «Virtualization with Xen» and spends most of his time working on Linux Clustering, Virtualisation and Large Infrastructure Management projects.
 

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