Open Source for the Enterprise -- The authors of this important book have each used open source software for some 15 years at IT departments large and small, and they have collected the wisdom of a host of experts from IT departments, open source communities, and software companies. This book provides a top to bottom view not only of the technology available, but of the skills required to manage it and the organizational issues that must be addressed.

How to Decide What Bugs to Fix When, Part 1 -- There are two challenges to making smart bug decisions: first, understanding how to make good bug-fix decisions; and second, creating and following rules that make it easy to stick to those decisions when the pressure is high. In this first installment of a two-part essay, Scott Berkun provides the core ideas you need to make your own bug-fixing rules. Scott is the author of The Art of Project Management.

EuroOSCON Early Registration Ends Monday, August 29th -- The first-ever O'Reilly European Open Source Convention, October 17-20 in Amsterdam, targets the specific needs of European developers, programmers, strategists, entrepreneurs, and technologists, helping them deliver the benefits of open source technology to their companies and organizations. Join us at this essential gathering of open source leaders and practitioners to exchange ideas and push the boundaries of vital open source technologies. Register today!

ETech 2006 CFP Now Open -- O'Reilly's Emerging Technology Conference 2006 is scheduled for March 6-9 in San Diego. We invite technologists, strategists, CTOs, chief scientists, researchers, programmers, hackers, standards workers, business developers, and entrepreneurs to lead sessions and tutorials at ETech. This year's challenge focuses on the amazing amount of digital data in our worlds: how do we visualize the data, filter it, remix it, and access it in meaningful ways? Proposals are due by September 19th.

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The Virtual Referral: Mitigating Risk by Hiring Open Source Developers -- Hiring a new employee is almost always a risk, and hiring the wrong employee can prove a costly mistake for managers. Brian Fitzpatrick suggests you hire an open source programmer. Find out why doing so mitigates the risks involved in hiring. Brian will be leading a Subversion tutorial and a session on switching from CVS to Subversion at this year's O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), August 1-5 in Portland, Oregon.

EuroOSCON -- Join developers, systems and network administrators, and IT managers at the very first O'Reilly European Open Source Convention in Amsterdam on October 17-20. EuroOSCON will explore the best and newest open source technologies, particularly for companies, governments, and nonprofits. EuroOSCON showcases the diversity in open source while maintaining a practical edge. To receive up-to-date conference news and information, sign up for the OSCON newsletter.