Government Open Source Conference GOSCON
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I have to be up front about something. It seems like many Open Source conferences are more fluff than content these days. Having said this, I think I like what I am hearing about the one coming to event coming up, the Oregon Open Source Conference.
eno writes “This October 13th - 14th, Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab is hosting a conference on government use of open source software (OSS). The Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) will be held in Portland Oregon and is targetted at CIO’s and Public Administrators in city, county and state governments throughout the United States. With a low cost of only $150 for both days, the conference is an affordable way for managers to come up to speed on the issues surrounding OSS. [Read the rest]
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Deborah Bryant
September 5th, 2007
at 9:12am
The Government Open Source Conference GOSCON is coming back again…for a third year…with plenty of substance Oct 15-16, 2006 at the Portland, Oregon Hilton. Short semi-shameless plug: Open Source Lab at Oregon State University continues to put together an event that remains affordable for the public sector and has become a platform for building an IT ecosystem around state and local government in particular. Educational, light on commercial sponsorship, showcases projects and oss implementations in this sector. http://www.goscon.org