Open Source Community Development

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Panelists: Teresa Giacomini (Sun Microsystems), Valerie Bubb Fenwick (Sun Microsystems), Sandy Payette (Duraspace), Stormy Peters (GNOME Foundation), Kathryn Vandiver (NetApp), Terri Oda (Linuxchix/Mailman)

The open source software movement has changed how products are developed, and how communities interact. The community of developers, writers, users, academics, managers and evangelists is critical to open source. In fact, the community is sometimes more important than the software. How do communities grow? Through traditional marketing? How is trust among engineers built? What shapes a community's culture? What infrastructure does a community need? How do these needs change?

Slide listing panelists and their affiliations for Open Source Community Development panel.

The official blog post: http://ghcbloggers.blogspot.com/2009/10/technical-track-open-source-community.html

[1]Ed & Ashley's 5 Minute Show interview with panelist Valerie Bubb Fenwick

Valerie Bubb Fenwick wrote up a moderator's perspective of the panel as well.