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Linux Outlaws 106 - EuroPython Special

Submitted by Fab on August 15, 2009 - 20:49.

MP3 - 1 hour 33 minutes 27 seconds, 42.8 MB, Ogg Vorbis version here — you can also download all our episodes in both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis format from the Outlaw Archives.

On this week’s special show, Dan and Fab bring you a handful of interviews from Dan’s visit to the EuroPython conference: Steve Holden, Laura Creighton, Bruce Eckel and Michael Foord. We also included the interview Moritz Schmidt-Degenhard from TuxTux did with us.

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0:00:53 | Introduction

  • We explain that the interviews are from the EuroPython 2009 conference and that we also tacked on the interview that Moritz Schmidt-Degenhard (@zahnersatz) from the Tuxtux Podcast did with us at Linux Tag
  • Special thanks to John Pinner from The Linux Emporium

0:05:32 | Interviews

  • 0:05:39 Steve Holden, Chairman of the Python Software Foundation talks about the Foundation and what else he does in the open source world
  • 0:13:50 Laura Creighton from Open End talks about the EuroPython conference and also PyPy
  • 0:36:12 Bruce Eckel talks about writing technical books, writing them collaboratively and making books available for free on the web
  • 0:55:18 Michael Foord from Resolver Systems talks about IronPython and what he does with it at his work (including Ironclad) — also check out his book IronPython in Action

  • 1:09:10 Moritz Schmidt-Degenhard interviews us about Linux Outlaws — this was original published as a Tuxtux Podcast special episode

Stay tuned for another regular Linux Outlaws episode next week.

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