Long time FOSS activist, retired president of the Apache Software Foundation and co-founder of CollabNet, Brian Behlendorf has taken off to Davos once again. His last visit was in 2006 at the World Economic Forum. He posts about his days at the meeting. Here are some excerpts:

Here's a town that's essentially stuck in Lake Tahoe in the 70's, turned upside down once a year by a massive operation resembling a temporary convening of the UN. It's like the opposite of Burning Man - where once a year a barren dry lake bed two-hours' drive from Reno is turned into a Rorschach-like fantasyland. Instead of a dry lake bed, we have a cozy ski hamlet; instead of trying desperately to stay hydrated, you try desperately to stay warm and upright while skating the road ice between hotels and sessions; and instead of a ban on commercial activity (except the sale of ice and coffee at Center Camp), you have the biggest industrialists in the world coming to proclaim both the triumph of and the end of traditional capitalism, and the coffee, wine, and champagne are free.

His sense of humor is intact. He goes "Off to the Tokyo reception... mmm sushi in a landlocked nation... :)" ...and ..."I missed Bill Gates's presentation, in which I heard he called for a new approach to economics. I don't suppose he meant open source? "

Brian has been to campus as a guest speaker in my class several times. Maybe its time to have him back!