well i just noticed that kevin and i are going to be presenting concurrently. so come to mine.

in all seriousness, i suppose one of the goals of the blog is to get some conversation going so maybe it would help if we made the differences between our talks more clear for everyone. mine will only touch on linux and will not be a very technical talk. i'm going to focus on how firms can strategically use various open source packages to extend the resources of their development groups. i'll be presenting a survey of AEC firms and their adoption of open source technologies along with a case study on SMWM. I'll finish up with a look at how some other industries have pooled resources to develop applications and start a discussion on how the AEC industry might apply a similar approach.

comments? questions? suggestions? i am still shaping the talk so if you have specific questions or issues you'd like to discuss or if you would like to talk to me about your firm is doing please post here or e-mail me directly.

cp