Investors have to make a decision whether to consider Google a marketing/advertising agency or a media company. But as an open source software (OSS) user you probably care more that they are technologists at heart. And among the biggest users of OSS to boot. Look no further than CEO Eric Schmidt discussing the LAMP stack with financial analysts back on March 5 and 6 and this week when Alan Eustace and Jeff Huber, engineering VPs at Google, spoke to an "adoring crowd" at a Goldman Sachs investor conference. Just letting two engineering VPs loose on Wall St. is signal enough but they made it clear, saying: "We are a technology company" and "Google is a software company that should be measured against its peers in delivering user experience," when asked some question about return on investment metrics.
Therefore it is no surprise that next week, on May 31, 2007, Google offices in ten countries will host Google Developer Day, a global virtual event featuring workshops, keynotes and breakout discussions on Google's APIs and developer tools. Focusing on the theme "Building Blocks for Better Web Applications," Google Developer Day will explore innovative uses of Google developer products to create and enhance applications, and integrate with Google services.
Google Developer Day will take place at Google offices and offsite locations in Mountain View, Sao Paulo, Madrid, London, Paris, Hamburg, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo and Sydney. The proceedings will begin in Sydney on May 31, 9 a.m. AEST and end 27 hours later in Mountain View on May 31, 7 p.m. PDT. Confirmed presenters include Guido Van Rossum, Google software engineer and creator of the Python programming language (Beijing); Chris DiBona, Google open source programs manager (London); Mark Stahl, Google data APIs tech lead (Madrid); Bruce Johnson and Joel Webber, co-creators of the Google Web Toolkit (Mountain View); Bret Taylor, group product manager for Google developer products (Mountain View); Lars Rasmussen, Google Maps senior engineer (Sydney); and Greg Stein, Google engineering manager and chairman of the Apache Software Foundation (Tokyo).
To reach developers everywhere, Google will offer live streaming webcasts from its Mountain View office and provide a YouTube channel with videos of Google Developer Day sessions at other sites. For registration and additional information, see the Google Developer Day website: http://www.google.com/events/developerday
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