The answer is no (or all of the above depending on your perspective). This is a Silicon Valley developer community event, not a Microsoft event or any other company's. Everyone is welcome to present so long as it fits the Code Camp guidelines (must be about code, and isn't a direct advertisement for a product or service). Don't think about Code Camp in terms of what technological faction it caters to... it's not like other events.

No. Mainsoft for Java EE is a proprietary product, with commercial and freely available editions with an open source runtime. Mainsoft is an active contributor to the Mono open source project. You can download the Mono-based class libraries and contribute to the Mono project using Mainsoft for Java EE.

All of Mainsoft's .NET Framework assemblies are open source, with the exception of mscorlib, which is Mainsoft's proprietary implementation of the .NET core library on top of Java EE.

Yes, I probably am. Now, seriously, I believe that open source is the better and more productive way to develop software. gGo has been made closed-source for a couple of ugly reasons and troubles I encountered. I plan to steer clear of these troubles and ignore any complains targeted at me for modifications other people do to the code. And in worst case, if things annoy me too much, I spend my free time with something else, like reading a book or drinking beer.

On the Start menu, choose Start>Settings>Control Panel, then double-click on the steaming Java cup icon labeled Java Plug-in.

No. We believe that making the MusicXML definition freely available is essential for its spread into the music industry. We do not see a similar advantage to making our own software free or open source. We do not charge people to beta test our software, but we do charge for production versions of our software. We encourage people to build more applications using MusicXML. There are many potential applications, and no one company or group can do everything.

Open-source / free tools: ArgoUML http://www.argouml.org/ JUG - Java UML Generator http://jug.sourceforge.net/ UML Modeller... far as official plans, you'll have to get word directly from someone on the UML 2.0 committee at the OMG - of which I am not (said with a sign of relief...

speech understanding (using the KB to prune implausible choices via common sense, discourse context, and prosodics) database integration (using the KB as an interlingua through which semantic joins occur automatically via back chaining) and consistency-checking rapid development of an ontology in a vertical area (by extending and growing the OpenCyc KB in that area, using the OpenCyc Rapid Theory Formation toolkit) Yes. The list of available servers is here.

We chose the organizations from successful participants in the Google Summer of Code program. Each project has a fairly low barrier to entry, which creates more opportunities for students to get involved. Plus, since we've worked with these folks before, we're confident that they'll do a fantastic job meeting the needs of our student contestants when they ask for help.

I get asked this all the time, and I like the succinct way Source Forge put it in their own FAQ so the below text is borrowed: In short, Open Source software is software with source code made available to the public, with no fees or royalties for use or distribution. The official definition, as well as the rationale and history behind open source software, can be found at The Open Source Initiative's web site.

Open source allows the academic community to use our software for academic purposes, and guarantees the widest possible distribution for your creations. Open source sets your code free so that anyone anywhere may learn from it and use it. For more on the open source movement, try here.

Absolutely not. We are not against open source. We are against people charging for open source software without contributing back to the community. If you want open source software, just download it for free.

No. J++ is not Java, and Microsoft has announced that they do not intend to support J++ in the future.