Fueling innovative software
July 15-18, 2019
Portland, OR

Why you should care about open source software foundations (sponsored by Microsoft)

Jon Galloway (.NET Foundation)
11:50am12:30pm Thursday, July 18, 2019
Sponsored
Location: E141/142
Average rating: ****.
(4.25, 4 ratings)

As more and more businesses and people depend on open source software, critical technologies you rely on need to be sustained. Open source projects need a neutral, independent organization to help manage infrastructure and grow communities over the long term.

Jon Galloway outlines what open source software foundations do for projects, the community, and the open source ecosystem as well as the importance of corporations and individuals getting involved.

This session is sponsored by Microsoft.

What you'll learn

  • Learn the importance of corporations and individuals getting involved with open source software foundations
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Jon Galloway

.NET Foundation

Jon Galloway is the executive director of the .NET Foundation at Microsoft. He’s coauthor of Wrox Professional ASP.NET MVC, writes samples and tutorials like the MVC Music Store, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and online training events like Microsoft Virtual Academy. Jon’s been doing professional web development since the late 1990s, including high-scale applications in financial, entertainment, and healthcare analytics. He’s part of the Herding Code podcast, tweets as @jongalloway, and blogs. He likes to travel but spends most of his time in San Diego with his amazingly patient wife Rachel, three wonderful daughters, a dozen avocado trees, and the occasional rattlesnake.