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Time: May 8, 2017 to May 11, 2017
Location: Austin Convention Center
City/Town: Austin, TX
Website or Map: https://conferences.oreilly.c…
Phone: oscon@oreilly.com
Event Type: conference
Organized By: O'Reilly and Associates
Latest Activity: Mar 31, 2017
Event Description
OSCON is... the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Of course!
Open source is everywhere—from the bottom of the programming stack to the top. OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what's new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. It's the best place to sharpen your skills and discover important trends, making you better at what you do and igniting your love of code.
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