Open Source Bridge

Excerpt

Description

Among companies which distribute open source software, there’s some understanding that community is important to success. However, officers of these companies are often mystified about who exactly this community is. Part of the reason for this confusion is that “your community” isn’t just one community. It’s five.

In this session, Open Source business veteran Josh Berkus will go over who the 5 communities are, what they each want, and how that community can help you make money. Equipped with this information, you can make intelligent decisions about where in the community to spend your resources in order to make your OSS company successful.

Tags

community, startup, business

Speaker

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  Josh Berkus

  PostgreSQL Project
  • Website: http://www.pgexperts.com/
  • Blog: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/database-soup
  • Twitter: fuzzychef

  Biography

  Josh Berkus is best known as a Core Team member of the world-spanning PostgreSQL project. He is CEO of PostgreSQL Experts, Inc. and in his 12 years as a database consultant he has worked with CouchDB, MySQL, Oracle, and MSSQL Server as well as Postgres, and is heavily involved in many OSS communities, including BIRT, OSCON, OSfA, Noisebridge and more. He’s also a potter and a mean cook.

  Sessions

  • * Building a SQL Database That Works
    • Title: Building a SQL Database That Works
    • Track: Cooking
    • Room: St. Johns
    • Time: 11:20am – 12:05pm
    • Excerpt:

      As a developer, what you really need are some simple recipes for how to think about designing your SQL databases so that they are simple, maintainable, expandable and easy to troubleshoot.

    • Speakers: Josh Berkus
  • * Open Source Press Relations
    • Title: Open Source Press Relations
    • Track: Business
    • Room: Hawthorne
    • Time: 11:20am – 12:05pm
    • Excerpt:

      You have a really cool open source project and everyone should see it, try it, and use it. But … they don’t seem to know about it. How can you make sure your project gets the press coverage it deserves?

    • Speakers: Josh Berkus