I was very pleased to be able to have a joint session with Tom Marlay of Gowlings on Open Source, and Business. The session was well attended, and was a quick overview of open source issues. For my part, I covered mostly the issues in this story which I wrote some time ago. Tom covered the details of specific risks, and license agreements from a legal point of view. There was definitely an appetite to talk longer.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
