[svlug] [svlug-announce] SVLUG April 4th meeting (NOTE EARLY TIME) - Larry McVoy on BitKeeper: Not dead, just pining

[Rick Moen]

WHEN:

   Wednesday, Apr. 4th, 2012 
   5:30pm-7:30pm (one-time scheduling change)


MAIN PRESENTATION

  TOPIC: BitKeeper: Not dead, just pining 
    

  PRESENTED BY:
    Larry McVoy, CEO, Bitmover Inc.

  TOPIC SUMMARY:
    After taking the world by storm by introducing the first distributed
    SCM, and also launching one of the biggest controversies in the open
    source world due to its non-compete clause in the EULA, BitKeeper has
    spent the past few years out of the public eye. Come listen to Larry
    McVoy, founder and CEO of BitMover, and principal architect of BitKeeper
    talk about what worked, what didn't and how being in the limelight can
    help or hinder a company's product. Topics will include starting a
    company, to VC or not to VC, marketing, open source, pricing, licensing,
    etc.   

  ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
    McVoy earned BS and MS degrees in Computer Science in 1985 and 1987,
    respectively, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and has been
    employed by Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics and Google. His work
    generally included performance enhancements to the various Unix
    operating systems developed by his employers. While McVoy worked at Sun,
    he worked on a peer-to-peer SCM system named TeamWare that would form
    the basis of his later BitKeeper product.

    McVoy started working with the Linux project around its 0.9.7 version
    and developed the LMbench kernel benchmark "to make sure Linux didn't
    turn into a bloated mess like most commercial Unix offerings". The
    BitKeeper source control system was also developed and integrated into
    the Linux development process, but disagreements between McVoy and some
    members of the community prompted the development of the Linux git tool
    that eventually superseded the use of BitKeeper for the Linux kernel in
    2005.   


  LOCATION:

    Symantec
    VCAFE Facility
    350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
    Mountain View, CA 94043

    Directions on how to get there are listed at:

    http://www.svlug.org/directions/veritas.php

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POST-MEETING GATHERING:

  If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local
  restaurant/diner after the meeting:  Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi, Too,
  939 West El Camino Real between Shoreline and Castro, Mountain View.

We look forward to seeing you there!



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