It was a good talk at De La Salle University during the weekend, where we had Philip, Brett, and myself giving out a few words to an enthusiastic mixed crowd of sophomore and junior college students [1].

Philip, wearing his open-source evangelist hat, gave a deft discussion on the history of open source, from its beginnings to its current impact and pervasiveness in the world. With some timelines here, a few choice quotes there, and a diagram or two to round it off, he was able to illustrate how the idea of open-source has become a compelling force and how Exist has come to embrace it and harness it in the local setting, both as users and participants in open-source, but also, going 360, being an advocate and active practitioner in the business or commercial arena.

Brett and I gave out some juicy tidbits about ourselves and how we came to be involved in the open source community, fielding some good questions from the audience about the commercial aspects and how Exist has taken advantage of these.

There were also some questions about Exist’s ECC program which Mafe took care of, and overall it was a very good exercise in getting out there and contributing to awareness about open source in general and Exist in particular.

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[1] I give out the usual disclaimer to set the tone for this blog: statements and pronouncements made here are interspersed with both fact and fiction. The astute reader is encouraged to exercise his or her best judgment.

Posted on 01.15.08 to Perspective by ggonzales. Tagged community, dlsu, ecc, open source. Subscribe to follow comments on this post. No comments yet. Add your thoughts or trackback from your own site.

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