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=Summaries of Two Talks=
==OpenCL==
===About===
The presentation was given by Adrien Guillon, a graduate from University of Toronto, who is a computer scientist and a computer engineer, have a great deal of experience in C++. He has co founded 2 companies and is planning to move to on moving to New Zealand and starting a third company which produces HPC software. In his talk, he mentioned that there are no software patents in New Zealand, unlike how Microsoft has patented graphics computation a few months back. 
 

He covered his experience in open source and his experience in OpenCL, what the big picture from his point of view is. His presentation concentrated on why software patents are fundamentally a bad thing in the programming world. He explained 

===Speaker's Main Point===
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===Speaker's Background and point of view===
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==Talk 2==
===About===
What was each talk about?

===Speaker's Main Point===
What was the speaker's main point?

===Speaker's Background and point of view===
What was the speaker's background and point of view?
=Analysis=
Analysis of each speaker's views on open source. He/she may not mention it explicitly. You must listen and try to understand based on what they are saying, and perhaps not saying.
==Compared viewpoints==
Comparison of the points made by the presenters.
Do the speakers have similar views of open source or do they disagree? How so?
==My Comments on Presentations==
=Conclusion=
Conclusion about your views on open source
==My View==
What can you say about open source in the light of the points they made?
==Final Thoughts on Open Source==
Does the picture of open source you've seen presented in these talks challenge or confirm your own views about what open source is and how it functions?
Summaries of two talks