Rockin’ the Open Source Way

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Nov 9, 20071 min

Last week, Hyperic hosted a gaming party at their offices, with plenty of open source people there from MySQL, MuleSource, JasperSoft and others. Ross Mason, co-founder of MuleSource, flew in all the way from Malta, just to play some Wii Tennis. (Ok, maybe he did have some other meetings in town, but I'm sure this was the highlight.) While I was quickly eliminated in the Wii Tennis matches, I had a good time pla

Last week, Hyperic hosted a gaming party at their offices, with plenty of open source people there from MySQL, MuleSource, JasperSoft and others. Ross Mason, co-founder of MuleSource, flew in all the way from Malta, just to play some Wii Tennis. (Ok, maybe he did have some other meetings in town, but I’m sure this was the highlight.)

While I was quickly eliminated in the Wii Tennis matches, I had a good time playing the latest version of Guitar Hero III. Not as good as Javier, who obviously is not busy enough given his 200 note streaks, but still respectable enough to not get booted off stage. There was an impressive amount of musical talent on display. I think we will need to graduate to RockBand when that comes out. Dave Rosenberg on drums, Barry Klawans on bass (and theramin) and Javier and me on guitar. Who knows, maybe we can be as good as Deadguy was in its heyday.