FSOSS 2008 Report (DPS909)
Free Software and Open Source Symposium
Introduction
Upon observing, analyzing and assessing the presentations to which I appreciatively attended at the Free Software and Open Source Symposium, I will focus, illustrate, and describe my findings on two speakers and their associated presentations. Seneca College's 7th annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium, captured the essence of the open source spirit by bringing in a vast assortment of speakers, long and diverse; representing the best of the web, the open source desktop, open source business/law, and the quintessential open source spirit. Professors, students, employees, administrations, and community leaders all brought together to discuss the essence of the open source world.
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Komodo: Making Proprietary Products Open Source
Speaker, Shane Caraveo, a software engineer at ActiveState, spoke about ActiveState Komodo, the name given to a family of integrated development environment (IDE) applications produced by the software firm but specifically spoke about Komodo Edit or what is known by its project name, Open Komodo.
In late 2007, ActiveState announced that Komodo Edit would be developed as a free software project. The new project is known as Open Komodo. In March 2008, ActiveState released the first version of Komodo Edit (4.3) built on top of the open source project.