Jam 12: On a budget

held April 2009

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Google London Open Source Jam

When

Thursday 2^nd April 2009. 6pm - 9.30pm. Talks start at 7pm.

Where

Hosted at the London Google Engineering Office by the Google Open Source Team.

Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TQ. Map

Topic

This time, our topic of interest is On a budget.

• The true cost of Open Source.
• Managed platforms vs. managed hosting vs. owning your iron.
• Reusing other people's stuff.
• Lean software practices.
• Are some programming languages cheaper than others?
• Saving money. Turn your monitor off at night... and then what?
• Rounded corners. Do they save pixels?
• Saving the world through Open Source.

How to Get Here

Take the tube (Victoria, District and Circle lines) or bus (multiple routes, including the 38 and 73 from the West End) to Victoria Station, and we're 3 minutes' walk from the station.

What to Do When You Get Here

When you arrive, in the main ground floor reception, tell the receptionist that you're visiting Google. You register there, then take the lift to the 5^th floor, where you can sign in to the Google reception; when you arrive up there, please ask for the Open Source Jam event.