O ctob e r 25- 26
FSO SS07
Toronto, O N
FSO SS is a h igh - profil
e e ve nt th at attracts l
e ade rs from indu stry and th e ope n sou rce
com m u nity in orde r to discu ss ope n sou rce issu e s, l
e arn ne w te ch nol
ogie s, and prom ote th e
u se of fre e and ope n sou rce softw are . Th e Sym posiu m is a tw o- day e ve nt aim e d at b ringing
toge th e r e du cators, de ve l
ope rs and oth e r inte re ste d partie s to discu ss com m on fre e softw are
and ope n sou rce issu e s, l
e arn ne w te ch nol
ogie s and to prom ote th e u se of fre e and ope n
sou rce softw are . At Se ne ca Col
l
e ge , w e th ink fre e and ope n sou rce softw are are re al
al
te rnative s.
h ttp://fsoss.se ne cac.on.ca/2007/
O ctob e r 22
W ork sh op on Inte gration of O pe n Sou rce Com pone nts into Large Softw are Syste m s (Co-
l
ocate d w ith O O PSLA 2007)
M ontre al
, Canada
D e ve l
oping l
arge softw are syste m s h as l
arge l
y b e com e an e xe rcise in inte gration. Ab ou t 85%
of code th at goe s into th e softw are of a typical
syste m is w ritte n by oth e rs, and th e m ain rol
e
of b u sine sse s is to w rite th e gl
u e th at h ol
ds th e e xte rnal
l
y de ve l
ope d com pone nts toge th e r.
W h il
e in th e past, b u sine sse s w e re l
arge l
y conce rne d w ith th e inte gration of com m e rcial
off-
th e - sh e l
f (CO TS) com pone nts, m any of th e se com pone nts w il
l
now com e as fre e /ope n sou rce
softw are (F/LO SS) com pone nts. Th e u se of ope n sou rce com pone nts provide s ne w strate gic
options for re du cing th e e xposu re to risk and cost of de ve l
opm e nt, w h il
e significantl
y
incre asing th e avail
ab l
e sol
u tions. M ode l
s for th e inte gration of CO TS com pone nts do not
ne ce ssaril
y appl
y to ope n sou rce com pone nts. A particu l
ar focu s in th is w ork sh op w il
l
b e on
th e sh ift aw ay from CO TS to F/LO SS com pone nts, and w h at ne w opportu nitie s and issu e s are
introdu ce d by it.
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e ton.ca/tim /oopsl
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