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• Controlling the Addiction: Best Practices for Scaling With Memcached (a.k.a Crack for Developers) & the LAMP Stack  Joaquin Ruiz
• Best Practices for Scripting with Python 3  Matt Harrison
• "Design Patterns" in Dynamic Languages  Neal Ford

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• Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community
• Kaltura Shakes Up Online Video Industry with Launch of the World's First Free and Open Source Online Video Platform
• MindTouch Adds Trio of Powerful Features to MindTouch 2009
• SourceForge Announces Winners of Fourth Annual Community Choice Awards
• Kaltura Delivers Video for OSCON 2009

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Check out the list of upcoming OSCON events around the world.

Now more than ever, open source technology is the smart choice for navigating uncertain economic waters. In a competitive business environment, open source gives you the means to drive down costs while increasing system and staff efficiencies. OSCON 2009 is where you'll find the latest information and new ways to connect with the growing community that is open source.

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OSCON 2009 offers sessions, tutorials, experts, and activities on:

• Administration
• Business
• Cloud Computing
• Databases
• Design & Usability
• Desktop Applications
• Emerging Topics

• Fundamentals
• Government
• Java
• Linux
• Mobile
• People
• Perl

• PHP
• Programming
• Python
• Ruby
• Security
• Ubuntu
• Web Applications

In five short days, OSCON packs in the richest, most diverse open source content around. A small sample of what you'll experience:

• Perl 6: Why? What? How?, Damian Conway, Thoughtstream
• Introduction to Google App Engine, Joe Gregorio, Google
• How to Write Your Own Eclipse Plug-ins, Beth Tibbitts, IBM
• Django in the Real World, Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Django
• What You Need to Know About Rails3, Yehuda Katz, Engine Yard
• Linux Filesystem Performance for Databases, Selena Deckelmann, PostgreSQL Project
• Cloud Computing - Why IT Matters, Simon Wardley, Canonical Ltd
• Building a Business on the Cheap, Chris Wanstrath, GitHub
• The HTML 5 Experiments, Bruce Lawson, Opera Software ASA
• High Performance APC, Brian Shire, Facebook, Inc.

Convention Location

The 2009 edition of OSCON took place in San Jose, California at the McEnery Convention Center.