The Utah Open Source Conference 2009 is proud to announce our Saturday keynote.
Big Company, Open Choice: Why Adobe is becoming Open
Ever wonder how a big company moves into Open? And then, how they decide what Open means? Does it really matter? And just where does it matter.
For Adobe, Open is a balance between multiple things, like exposing roadmaps, and publishing specifications, to releasing core technology, to open discussions with the community. Open source of that core technology is a major factor, and in the last three years, Adobe has released major technology to open source, given our technology to standards organization, opened access to closed technologies and provided major technology and code to external project. Our mission is to continue those efforts, balanced between the needs of our customers and employees and with an eye on our competition.
So, let’s talk about what is Open @ Adobe, and why we make the open source decisions we make. What’s the model we follow and just what are all the things we are doing and have done.
A little about Dave
As director, standards and open source, for Core Services at Adobe Systems, McAllister is focused on the company’s long-term strategic direction as it relates to leveraging standards and open-source technologies to differentiate Adobe. McAllister is Adobe’s representative to Ecma International, Open Ajax Alliance and OASIS. McAllister is also an active member of the W3C eGovernment efforts, Linux Foundation, and other industry associations.
Dave McAllister came to Adobe in 2006. Prior to joining Adobe, he created Open Source Business Technologies, a consultancy that helps venture capital firms understand the commercial opportunities created by open-source technologies. Before starting his own firm, McAllister co-founded software maker Cassatt Corp. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president and general manager of NEC’s server business in the U.S, launching NEC into the Linux HPC space in the US. He helped create the blade server market as an early member of Egenera. He spent almost 10 years at Silicon Graphics (SGI) where he started as a kernel engineer. Over his time in SGI, he managed most of the software development products, compilers and tools, and was the principal person that brought Linux and open source into SGI. He also taught computer languages for the University of Houston and helped create the initial Space Shuttle simulations for Singer-Link and Lockheed. He often speaks on topics such as the legal and technical issues associated with open-source software, as well as on virtualization, creating new technology companies. Well versed in trivia, he won a Golden Penguin in 2002. He has held seats on Advisory Boards for Sistina, Woven Systems, Pathworks, and Zetera and ConcreteCMS. He is currently on the Reader Advisory Board for Linux Journal.
Register Today for UTOSC 2009
Registration is open, contact your LUG today for discount codes. Early bird registration ends Sept 19.
The presentation schedule will be available very soon. See the Utah Open Source Conference 2009 website for more details!
