Sometimes I don't make any friends with the things I write, but it's nice to see that bribery still works just fine (at least with 11-year olds): Caleb is the son of a great friend of mine. His note, completely unexpected, made my day. But then, so did Larry Augustin's kind words. Thanks, Larry. I sincerely appreciate it. More than my paltry words can convey. The truth about OSBC, however, is that it's a product Sometimes I don’t make any friends with the things I write, but it’s nice to see that bribery still works just fine (at least with 11-year olds):Caleb is the son of a great friend of mine. His note, completely unexpected, made my day.But then, so did Larry Augustin’s kind words. Thanks, Larry. I sincerely appreciate it. More than my paltry words can convey. The truth about OSBC, however, is that it’s a product of a community, with the leaders of that community being the OSBC Advisory Board: Andrew Aitken, Larry Augustin, Bill Hilf, Tim Golden, Mark Radcliffe, Zack Urlocker, and Robin Vasan. Dave Rosenberg is part of my kitchen cabinet, as well, and is always influential, as were John Mark Walker, Mike Evans, Myron Blaine (Boise Cascade), and a range of others whose opinions I sought in constructing the agenda.This was the best OSBC ever. We had IT executives there. We had open source execs, VCs, attorneys, analysts, media, etc. I love to walk the halls at OSBC and have people approach me with their new ideas (in terms of technology and business models). This is a vibrant, growing community.Thank you to all who participated. Thank you, InfoWorld, for being such a fantastic partner in staging the event. I’m looking forward to the next OSBC (March 25-26, 2008, Palace Hotel, San Francisco). Open Source