Session Title

Open source: Past, Present, & Future

Abstract

It’s been 20 years since the word “open source” was invented. Since then, open source has played a crucial role for engineers, as tools we use, as well as a means to gain visibility. I for one benefited from it tremendously; that’s how I found myself in the US, how I became a part of a global community of great engineers at Sun Microsystems, and how I went independent and turned Jenkins into business. My entire career is wrapped around in open-source! However, open source has changed a lot in the past 20 years, and is still changing. And in order for our industry to continue to thrive and keep providing upward mobility for engineers, thriving, economically viable open source ecosystem is crucial!

In this talk, based on the personal experience of living in the Silicon Valley and open source, I will discuss how the roles of companies & engineers are changing in open source. What business interest exists for companies to participate in open source, in this age of web services, and how open source will continue to thrive for years to come.

Bio

Kohsuke Kawaguchi is the creator of Jenkins and co-CEO of Launchable. He is a well-respected developer and popular speaker at industry and Jenkins community events. Kawaguchi’s sensibilities in creating Jenkins and his deep understanding of how to translate its capabilities into usable software have also had a major impact on CloudBees’ strategy as a company. Before joining CloudBees, Kawaguchi was with Sun Microsystems and Oracle, where he worked on a variety of projects and initiated the open-source work that led to Jenkins.