O'Reilly Open Source Convention
{{short description|1999–2019 American annual free and open-source software convention}}
{{Infobox convention
| name = O'Reilly Open Source Convention
| logo =
| image = File:OSCON 2010.jpg
| caption = OSCON flag
| status = Inactive
| genre = Open Source (mainly software)
| venue =
| location = Portland, Oregon (with exceptions)
| country = United States
| first = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| last = {{Start date and age|2019}}
| founder =
| organizer = O'Reilly Media
| filing =
| attendance =
| website = {{url|http://www.oscon.com}}
}}
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File:Michal Migurski, Tim O'Reilly and Jared Smith.jpg, Tim O'Reilly, and Jared Smith at OSCON 2013]]
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) was an American annual convention for the discussion of free and open-source software. It was organized by publisher O'Reilly Media and was held each summer, mostly in Portland, Oregon, from 1999 to 2019.
History
OSCON grew out of The Perl Conference, but the amount of Perl content continued to decline each year. The first Perl Conference took place in 1997. The first OSCON was held in 1999.{{cite web
| url = http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/pr/1956
| title = OSCON Celebrates 10th Year: Annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention Opens Registration and Announces Program
| date = 2008-04-15
| access-date = 2013-03-04}}
| url = http://www.yapc.org/old-events.html
| title = Perl Foundation Conferences
| publisher = YAPC}}
;Notable events
- The OpenOffice.org open source project was announced at the 2000 conference in Monterey.{{cite web|last=Phipps|first=Simon|title=Birthday Presents|url=https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/birthday_presents|work=Blogs.Sun.Com|publisher=Sun Microsystems|access-date=16 April 2014|date=18 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417075645/https://blogs.oracle.com/webmink/entry/birthday_presents|archive-date=17 April 2014|url-status=dead}}
- The OpenStack open source project was launched at the 2010 conference.{{cite web|title=OpenStack Launch Bash|url=http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/detail/15754|publisher=O'Reilly Media|access-date=16 April 2014|date=20 July 2010}}
- OSCON has been the host to Larry Wall's State of the Onion keynotes.
- All O'Reilly events were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the company closed the in-person conference portion of their business.{{cite web
| url = https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/from-laura-baldwin.html
| title = From O’Reilly President, Laura Baldwin: O’Reilly’s events business
| date = 2020-03-24
| access-date = 2020-03-24}}
- During the convention, O'Reilly Open Source Awards, previously called Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards, were presented to individuals who had made notable contributions to open source.https://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/oscon-or-2018/public/schedule/detail/71371.htmlhttps://developers.google.com/open-source/osa
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.oscon.com}}, oscon.com
{{commons category|Open Source Convention}}