Guangzhou event shows keen interest in open source

After my long trip to Guangzhou, I am now back in Beijing for China's National Day holiday. It is a sunny day today and I have had some free time to look back and write something about my stay down south.

It was Guangzhou's hottest day when we got there. If you stood by the road, sweat would drip down from your head, just like it is in a sauna.

Around 100 people were in Guangzhou to join the OpenSource Camp. Some of them came from Zhuhai, others from Hong Kong and there were locals, too. I really didn't think there would be so many people interested in open source.

Let me give you a brief timetable of our meeting:
13:00 Registration begins
14:00 OSCamp introduction
14:30 Post topics and Topic introduction
15:00 Find topics and discuss these in different rooms


During the meeting, everyone had a chance to talk to others at the camp, share ideas and give personal opinions. One of the attendees told me that he never participated in such an event before, one that allowed him the freedom to meet so many people.

Blog links from attendee
OSCAMP Haokanbu Story
OSCAMP Python User Group
Yuliming Blog

Pictures and Group
OSCamp on Facebook

If you want to join us on our next event, keep yourself updated at OSCamp 2008 Beijing Event.

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Peter Cheng

Peter Cheng is a community strategist and open source evangelist, who is based in Beijing, China. In 2003, he initiated the Open Source University program to gather industry experts and help spread open source technology and culture to over 100 universities. In 2007, he organized the Open Source Camp in five Chinese cities, with the aim to enable the open source community to share and exchange ideas and to promote the technology in China. Peter currently runs TargetSource Tech, a company he founded to provide consulting services on enterprise open source software.