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title: ApacheCon US 2009 Draws Unprecedented Support From the Global Open Source Community
  and Recognition for the 10th Anniversary and Influence of The Apache Software Foundation
excerpt: "ApacheCon US 2009 Closing Press Release; California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
  and Oakland Mayor Ron\r\nDellums recognize The Apache Software Foundation for a
  decade of open\r\nsource leadership and technology innovation"
id: cf641b5b-6512-443a-a384-bd66efee7164
date: '2009-11-11 14:08:49 -0500'
categories: foundation
tags:
- 10thanniversary
- apacheconus2009
- asf
permalink: foundation/entry/apachecon_us_2009_draws_unprecedented
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<p><b><i>California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oakland Mayor Ron<br />
Dellums recognize The Apache Software Foundation for a decade of open<br />
source leadership and technology innovation</i></b></p>
<p>FOREST<br />
HILL, Md., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Closing out the<br />
celebrations for its 10th anniversary, The Apache Software Foundation<br />
(ASF) today announced highlights from ApacheCon US 2009, which took<br />
place November 2-6, 2009 in Oakland, Calif. The Foundation received<br />
unprecedented support and recognition as testament to the growing<br />
strength and influence of the global Apache community. During the week,<br />
The ASF was honored by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and by<br />
Oakland City Mayor Ron Dellums for the key technologies developed,<br />
overseen, and shepherded by the all-volunteer organization over the<br />
last decade. November 4 has been designated Apache Software Foundation<br />
Day.</p>
<p>ApacheCon<br />
is the official user conference for The ASF. The event attracted more<br />
than 600 attendees from the global Apache community, and featured the<br />
most extensive conference program to date with more than 100 hours of<br />
trainings, over 90 sessions, 25 BarCampApache discussion groups, 11<br />
project MeetUps, two days of code collaboration at the Hackathon, and<br />
numerous entertaining Lightning Talks. Dozens of corporate sponsors,<br />
exhibitors, and community and media partners helped make this year's<br />
ApacheCon among the most popular events to date.</p>
<p>Conference highlights include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Thought-provoking<br />
keynotes, including the Apache Pioneers Panel reuniting ASF founding<br />
members and early contributors; Brian Behlendorf on how the Open Source<br />
movement has positively impacted social change; and Kirrily Robert on<br />
the role of women in Open Source.</li>
<li>Subversion, the award-winning<br />
Open Source version control and software configuration management tool,<br />
formally submitted itself to the Apache Incubator with the aim of<br />
becoming an ASF Top-Level Project.</li>
<li>Several Apache projects also<br />
celebrated their 10th anniversary, including Apache XML, Apache<br />
Jakarta, Apache Cocoon, Apache Xerces, Apache Ant, and Apache Tomcat,<br />
who debuted Tomcat 7.0 during the conference.</li>
<li>The Apache<br />
Directory project announced a newly-formed alliance between the<br />
OpenLDAP Foundation and the ASF, created to drive various industry<br />
standards. The Project also released version 1.5 of its Apache<br />
Directory Studio product during the event.</li>
<li>ASF Platinum Sponsor<br />
Microsoft announced that they will be renewing their sponsorship for<br />
the upcoming year, bolstering both their involvement in the ASF as well<br />
as with numerous Apache projects.</li>
<li>An unprecedented number of<br />
MeetUps were held throughout the week drawing attendees en masse to<br />
participate in discussions on popular Open Source projects such as<br />
NoSQL, Apache Tomcat, Apache Hadoop, Apache Maven, OSGi, and Subversion.</li>
<li>The<br />
ASF's 10th Anniversary was cited by numerous publications, members of<br />
the Open Source community, industry foundations, corporate users, and<br />
individuals.</li>
<li>The ASF's Big Feather Birthday Bash was followed<br />
by a rave-style afterparty that kicked off with music DJ'ed by "Vitamin<br />
B" -- a.k.a. ASF co-founder Brian Behlendorf.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Community Driven, Community Supported </b></p>
<p>New<br />
to ApacheCon US 2009 was the project-driven conference program, whose<br />
scope, sessions, and speakers were selected by the Apache Projects<br />
themselves for their respective tracks. Since its incorporation, The<br />
ASF has maintained a strong focus on developing leading software<br />
through a meritocratic process supported by the community and fueled by<br />
the passion and ideas of the community. Through the support of its<br />
Membership, committers, sponsors, partners, and other Open Source<br />
software communities, The ASF continues to develop quality software the<br />
"Apache Way." </p>
<p>ApacheCon extends its utmost gratitude to supporters and to sponsors of this year's conference, which include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Platinum Sponsors Microsoft and thawte; </li>
<li>Premier<br />
Sponsors CollabNet, Hewlett-Packard, Hippo, HotWax Media, Lucid<br />
Imagination, Progress Software, SourceForge, and SpringSource; </li>
<li>Community<br />
Sponsors and Exhibitors The Apache Software Foundation, Aster Data<br />
Systems, Cloudera, Day Software, Facebook, HALO Worldwide, LinkedIn,<br />
Mark Logic, MuleSoft, Ning, OSS Watch, Sun Microsystems, ThinkGeek, and<br />
WSO2; and </li>
<li>Community and Media Partners: FeatherCast, Linux<br />
Journal, LinuxPro Magazine, Manning Publications, Methods &amp; Tools,<br />
MOO, NLUUG, Opensourc3, openSUSE, OStatic, Slashdot, Sourcesense, The<br />
Bitsource, WiLine, and WSO2 Oxygen Tank.</li>
</ul>
<p>The<br />
ASF continues its outreach to local communities with the upcoming<br />
ApacheCon Roadshow Asia, taking place in Beijing, China 28-29 November,<br />
and Colombo, Sri Lanka 3-5 December 2009.</p>
<p><b>Event Resources</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Recorded<br />
Sessions: With the support of LinuxPro Magazine and CollabNet, The ASF<br />
was able to "live stream" select sessions from ApacheCon US 2009.<br />
Archived recordings will be available November 13 at <a href="http://www.techcast.com/events/apacheconus09/"><u>http://www.techcast.com/events/apacheconus09/</u></a>.</li>
<li>Presentations: Slides from ApacheCon sessions will be posted off the ApacheCon website at: <a href="http://www.us.apachecon.com/c/acus2009/"><u>http://www.us.apachecon.com/c/acus2009/</u></a>.</li>
<li>Video<br />
Shout Outs: Many attendees and community members shared their thoughts<br />
on Apache. Check out a catalog of videos on the Apache community<br />
YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheWay"><u>http://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheWay</u></a>. </li>
<li>Upcoming Events: Stay on top of upcoming ApacheCon events and BarCamps by following @ApacheCon on Twitter.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>About ApacheCon</b></p>
<p>The<br />
official user conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache Software<br />
Foundation draws attendees from the global Open Source community for<br />
unparalleled educational, networking, hacking, and social<br />
opportunities. ApacheCon is co-produced by The Apache Software<br />
Foundation and Stone Circle Productions, and has grown to be among the<br />
premier events for cutting-edge Open Source technologies and industry<br />
best practices. Held semi-annually in Europe and North America, smaller<br />
ApacheCon community-focused events also take place in Asia. For more<br />
information, visit <a href="http://www.apachecon.com/"><u>http://www.apachecon.com/</u></a><a href="http://www.apachecon.com/" target="_blank"><u>.</u></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;Update: <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/governor_schwarzenegger_and_mayor_dellums">Governor Schwarzenegger and Mayor Dellums' letters</a> are now available online. </p>
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