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'''Workshops I attended:'''
* ohai! art! - Pure Data Workshop
'''Presentations I attended:'''
== Building the Thunderbird Community ==
The presentation summary can be found here: http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/?q=node/87
The presentation was unique. David Eaves played the role of an interviewer, tossing questions about the development of the Thunderbird community and how it compared to Firefox. Dan Mosedale answered those questions as a true Thunderbird community builder.
'''Topic Summary'''
'''Speaker's Background:'''
== Open Source versus Open Access ==
The presentation summary can be found here: http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2008/?q=node/73
The speaker didn't focus on Open Source at all. He went on and on about what Open Access meant, and how it was changing with the introduction of newer technologies.
Before I started DPS 909, I thought Open Source was simply a new method of programming. If you wanted a new hobby, you could look into OS. I wasn't exposed to any major OS efforts, and I dismissed it as a style of coding.
By the end of FSOSS, I've realized that Open Source is making a difference in big ways. When viewed only as a coding style, software projects are already making incredible progress beyond their proprietary counterparts. Firefox has evolved to the point that even Internet Explorer winks at it.
Were my views affected by FSOSS? I definitely had an informed view of OS before the conference, thanks to Dave Humphreys. I'd like to think that my views were developed in class and strengthened by the examples of OS communities represented at the conference.