As most of you know, we ended the FOSS.IN series of events with FOSS.IN/2010. Though a number of you have requested us to continue it, we had our reasons for bringing our 10 year old journey to an end. If you haven’t yet done so, do read these blog entries for more information:

• Why I came back
• Yesterday

They will explain our rationale behind this decision.

But that does not mean that our events have ended! Read these two entries as well:

• Technology Is Not Enough
• PRODUCTISE.IN: The Successor to FOSS.IN

Our new event, which we have started organising, is called PRODUCTISE.IN, and is on December 5-7 in Bangalore. Hop over to the web site and register your interest – more information will appear soon!

To all the people who supported (or didn’t!) FOSS.IN over all these years – many thanks for making it interesting for everyone, including us!

See you all at

Atul has written about the reasons for his coming back to Team FOSS.IN, as well as the future of FOSS.IN.

While it is a personal post, you may want to read it if you have been a FOSS.IN fan (or not).

One of the more exciting aspects of FOSS.IN is the WorkOuts, unfortunately, most participants are confused about the exact nature and purpose of the works, this post should demystify the WorkOuts:

WorkOuts are NOT:

- WorkOuts are NOT talks
- WorkOuts are NOT workshops
- WorkOuts are NOT tutorials
- WorkOuts are NOT BoFs
- WorkOuts do NOT happen on stage

What are WorkOuts?

WorkOuts are actual hands-on sessions by people who are familiar with the project and its code. Participants identify a set of issues or features that need addressing (the WorkOut Goals), and then get down to meeting those goals during (and after) FOSS.IN. continue

FOSS.IN/2009 is barely two weeks away, and this week, all the big announcements will start going out.

So before things get totally buried in the excitement, we’d like to put out this post detailing some of the things that have changed since we last met, and what you can expect at the event. The next few posts will each address a specific aspect of FOSS.IN/2009.

Let’s start with the talks and event timings.

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Quite a few of you have been asking the question “So what big changes can we expect in FOSS.IN this year? What eggs are you breaking this year to make an omelette?” The former is a reference to the fact that we have changed our “small, regional event” every year, tuning things so that it met the larger objectives of FOSS.IN. The latter is of course a reference to the notorious “Omelette Post” from last year.

And this year isn’t any different continue