(5240) The Adoption-Led Market

Keynote speech

Tuesday, 2008-06-24, 10:30 - 12:30, Arena 5

Simon Phipps - Sun Microsystems Inc. (speaker)

Topics

• Java Development Kit & Runtime Environment and its development

Abstract

Open Source will form the root of 70% of commercial software by 2012 according 
to Gartner. The emergence of Free software from niche to mainstream is bringing 
about a shift in the way software enters business. This keynote explores the 
adoption-led trend and considers its consequences for the Free/Open Source 
Software (FOSS) movement.