A couple of years ago, I gave a talk at State Of Open Conference. To register as a speaker, they required you to have accounts on no fewer than four proprietary platforms. They used Google maps for their maps ;in spite of the fact that OpenStreetMap actually had the entrance to the venue on their maps and Google didn’t). They used some additional proprietary platform for speakers to communicate.
I took away the message that the state of open is ‘not great’.
Every single one of the proprietary systems that they used had an open source / open data alternative and, in most cases, the open version was better.
The UK played host this month to the State of Open Con 2025 event, held across the 4th and 5th of February in a modest but slick venue located within the The UK played host this month to the State of Open Con 2025 event, held across the 4th and 5th of February in a modest but slick venue located within the surroundings of St. Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London.
Great turnout today at the State of Open Con in London.
More discussion of procurement, regulation and the role of government.
#SOOCon #StateOfOpen #SOOCon25 #FOSS #London #Drupal #CHAOSS
Dark Side of Open Source: The Community Strikes Back
👉 https://medium.com/p/400a1a5c679e
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
OpenUK
Mike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEM
Dotan Horovits #CNCFAmbassador
