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05/22/2007, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Speaker:
Matthew J. Szulik, Chairman, CEO and President, Red Hat, Inc.
Open source continues to be a driving force for sweeping change. It has transformed how software is developed, and has driven out costs in the highest levels of mission-critical computing. Today the focus is shifting from general-purpose technologies to vertical solutions - serving specialized industries like finance and healthcare, which have a unique opportunity to benefit from the value of open source. As the momentum toward open source solutions continues to grow, the principles of open source are being applied beyond software. Collaboration. Transparency. Openness. It is changing how we create and share content - from software code to text, music, video, even ideas. And how we learn through projects like One Laptop per Child, the open source philosophy is helping overcome traditional limitations of technology access, creating a truly global society where everyone is free to participate.
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