aross's blog

We've been asked enough times lately what FOSSLC is that I was thinking a short blog on this topic might be a good idea. We've evolved from where we started a few years ago so it's worthwhile to see what it is we do today.

Our tag line is pretty accurate: FOSSLC is a non-profit corporation dedicated to education, community, and business development involving open source technologies. But what does this *really* mean?

On August 14, we're co-hosting our biggest and best event yet with IEEE. This year's speaking line-up is fantastic with even more great speakers travelling to Ottawa. The list includes Scott Chacon (Github), Aaron Seigo (KDE), Emma-Jane Hogbin (Drupal), James Westby (Ubuntu), Pete Forde (Ruby on Rails), and more.

I'm done paying cable bills. And if you are interested, you can do so also - legitimately and legally. Read more to find out how.

For-profit companies exist for one reason. Whether we like it or not, they exist to maximize shareholder wealth. I don't have a big problem with this. I don't have a big problem with this looking at it from an open source perspective either. Here's why.