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PARC Forum Presents: Jim Zemlin will discuss how open development is being used to build the foundation for the next generation of computing. While this model has been used for more than a decade to bu...

PARC Forum Presents: Jim Zemlin will discuss how open development is being used to build the foundation for the next generation of computing. While this model has been used for more than a decade to build Linux and a number of other important software products and projects, today it is being applied to connect virtually everything we use. In addition to phones, televisions, automobiles, and PCs -- in the future, electrical outlets, medical devices, picture frames, home appliances, agricultural equipment, and more will all be connected using Linux.

Organizations will not only accelerate innovation by sharing research and development costs to connect everything, but at the same time they will create a multi-billion dollar economic opportunity. Jim will also discuss how these companies are leveraging a shared code base to build differentiated services that compete in a market where there is no time to develop behind closed doors.

Jim’s career spans three of the largest technology trends to rise over the last decade: mobile computing, SaaS, and open source software. Today, as executive director of The Linux Foundation, he uses this experience to accelerate the adoption of Linux and support the future of computing.