No photos of me yet ^^;; Sorry. But the doll will suffice for now

The Sun Tech Days in Manila started yesterday but I wasn’t able to go. It was mainly a Netbeans day. This morning though, a lot of people were there and the hall was packed with people. The keynote emphasized on the opportunities we could have when it comes to software development and open source software in particular.

I attended sessions on JavaFX, Grails,and Open Solaris. I was curious about trying out Open Solaris on a VM (for the heck of it) and if nothing goes wrong, there will be chance for me within a month’s time to play around with it.

Tomorrow seems to be a more exciting day because there will be talks about Web 2.0 stuff. For a complete list of talks, you could check out the agenda. I don’t know for sure if you could still register on the spot tomorrow but if you do feel like it, join us tomorrow on the last day of the Sun Tech Days.

There will be a hacking contest in Vancouver next month and the three operating systems will go against each other to prove that they ‘pwn’ the others. This will be during the CanSecWest Vancouver 2008 security conference.

Every geek will have his/her own agenda. And of course, you all know which OS I am rooting for! I am not sure what my fellow b5media Tech channel bloggers think about it but let the operating systems show their strengths and weaknesses next month and we’ll wait and see.

Be free and choose your software!

If you’re sick and tired of getting locked in to particular software because the vendor says so, think again. You have the right to choose the software you will use and there are so many others out there who can help you!

If you’re someone who has made the choice, take it one step further: show others why you made that choice and why they should too.

If you fall into either category, then Software Freedom Day is for you! All over the world, people celebrate Software Freedom Day by having demos of various free and open source software, discussions and tutorials, as well as a place to copy various free and open source software. It’s a venue to meet up for newbies, for those who are curious and for those who have been using open source software for quite some time already. Maybe you just feel like hanging out with people of like-minds and this is going to be quite the event for you. Check out your local open source community mailing lists or IRC channels and see how you could participate. There’s time to help prepare for it and spread the word.

Mark September 15 on your calendars and make sure it’s going to be a memorable one!