July 21st 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
We’re here at OSCON2010 where HP’s Phil Robb and Palm’s Josh Marinacci just gave a talk on HP’s commitment to open source and how they play a major part in that space. Phil Robb discussed at length how they contribute by citing numbers: 90% of HP’s Printers, 50% of enterprise hardware and some 20% of personal systems employ open source technology. Robb went on to discuss some of the tools that HP has developed that can scan deep within the source code of software at the enterprise level to ascertain what kind of licensing it may have, the company’s commitment to testing software on their personal devices hardware that they wouldn’t ordinarily ship and posting the results on CommunityLinux.org, and how they give first-party support to a few distributions of open source operating systems. These tools are necessary because as Robb said: “Open source is inevitable”.
Palm was naturally a part of this presentation as many components of webOS are open source, from the Linux Kernel all the way up to the WebKit web browser and V8 JavaScript engine. Unfortunately, Robb didn’t really delve into how Palm fits into HP’s overall open source strategy as I anticipated he would – he mentioned the company maybe once or twice – and Josh Marinacci from developer relations gave a brief 15 minute demonstration of Ares and gave a few phones away at the end of the presentation.
Lack of meaningful announcements aside, it was still good to hear that HP is a huge player in open source (which bodes well for the homebrew community) and great see Palm’s Developer Relations team in action evangelizing the product. Hopefully, we’ll see something in the way of a product announcement sometime soon.
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July 15th 2010 | Posted by
Robert Werlinger
Long-time open source innovators Palm and HP are going to be at the Open Source Convention in sunny Portland Oregon next week, where many of the key players in the Open Source space – including Google, Intel and Microsoft – will converge. HP’s Phil Robb is set to give a presentation on Wednesday titled "Cloudy with a Chance of Revolution" where he’ll outline how the company plans to innovate:
Join us in this session to hear how our recent acquisition of Palm, our focus on modular platforms integrating servers, storage, and networking, our expertise with open source cloud stacks, and our latest research into virtualization, security, and scalability of Linux and other components of cloud computing creates new opportunities for developers. Also, you might walk away with some cool shwag in the palm of your hand.
While the Palm crew themselves won’t be giving any presentations (outside of a non-Palm related presentation by Josh Marinacci on how to market your open source project on a shoestring budget), they’ll be present at the event in HP’s booth demoing Ares and giving away phones. Hit the break for the full schedule as it relates to Palm (those not interested in OSCON can still visit the Palm booth for free), or you can find the full schedule for the event here.
And we’ll be there just like we were at MobileBeat when HP CTO Phil McKinney gave the keynote speech for the event, of course, so drop us a line if you’re going to be there too!
Source: Palm’s Developer Portal Blog, OSCON
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June 13th 2010 | Posted by
Jonathan I Ezor
If you are a webOS developer (or would like to be), AT&T has an upcoming webinar for you. “An Introduction to Palm webOS,” featuring Josh Marinacci of Palm’s Developer Relations team, will be happening on Thursday, June 17, from 10-11 a.m. Pacific time:
From beginners to developers with intermediate knowledge of mobile development, this session will benefit anyone looking to build a new mobile application or those interested in easily porting existing mobile applications to a new platform for greater distribution.
In addition to learning about webOS development, attendees may also enter to win an AT&T smartphone (one would hope they’d choose the Pre Plus or Pixi Plus!).
More details and signup information are available on the AT&T Developer Program Web site. Kudos to AT&T for its support of webOS development, and we look forward to hearing feedback from those who participate in the webinar.
Thanks to TopTongueBarry in our forum for the tip!
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