Sunday, November 23, 2014

Observations about ApacheCon EU 2014

You may be thinking now, after reading my previous post, that all I was doing at ApacheCon EU 2014 was looking at T-shirts people were wearing :-). This post is an attempt to convince you it was not the case.

First of all, ApacheCon EU 2014, as it is usually the case with Apache conferences, was a great opportunity to meet the fellow open source developers.
Chatting to the guys I work with at Apache CXF and other projects, sharing a joke or two along the way :-), was really great. 

Some people there are great advocates of doing the software for the good of the world. You do see people there who spend their own free time to make Apache and various projects it hosts succeed and help others.

It was nice to see Talend, my employer, being mentioned as one of Apache sponsors. Even though Apache has great sponsors which contribute much more, it was good to see Talend being recognized. Every contribution counts. The companies involved in the open source have a positive vibe about them, the more they are involved the more recognized and respected in the community at large they become. The world is a small place. Customers would be positive about working with such companies, going the business with such companies, as this post posted awhile back suggested.



Those of us who did the presentations about CXF were lucky to do it on the very first day in a beautiful Corinthia Hotel Ballroom. I kept thinking, there were times people were dancing there accompanied by the music by Franz Liszt and here we are talking the cryptic things about CXF.  The times change. But the beauty of the room is there today.

The other thing I noticed was the visibility of Hortonworks. They had a strong team presenting a number of interesting talks. To be fair to them, their T-shirts are also not bad at all :-), may be they should have some sort of the competition with Tomitribe.

Overall, it was a well organized, great event ! I'm feeling positive and energized after attending it.


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