[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“At the just concluded Linux Conference Australia (LCA 12), open
source was under the limelight as some powerful presenters left
behind a lot to be thought about.“First to make an impact was Bruce Perens. Coming as an
ex-Debian Project Leader and strong advocate of open source
programs, Perens left many thinking on the future of open source
and the role the platform can play in the future. In fact, he was a
representative of the open source platform at the ‘United Nations
World Summit on Information Society in 2005’ and plays a very vital
role in channelling open source as an empowering technology ,
influencing national and international policies. His various
initiatives combined with the non-profit organizations he has
founded as well as some very successful projects such as Busybox,
Perens comments on role and scope of opensource technologies did
make a lasting impression on attendees.”