Sebastopol, CA — (PR excerpt) — O'Reilly & Associates invites programmers, developers, strategists, and technical staff to submit proposals to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the 2003 Open Source Software Convention, slated for July 7-11 in Portland, OR. Proposals are due February 15, 2003. The theme of this year's conference is “Embracing and Extending Proprietary Software.”

Proprietary software vendors are setting aside their supercilious attitude towards open source, and have begun incorporating open source aspects into their product offerings. This melding of the open source and the commercial in operating systems and applications is becoming the norm, for financial and technical reasons, making open standards for data exchange and service interoperability essential.

The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is the central gathering place for the open source community to exchange ideas for resolving integration issues, pushing technical boundaries, and maximizing the benefits of both open source and proprietary software.

 
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