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<p>Dear midPoint community,</p>
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<p><a href="https://tiimeworkshop.eu/agenda/">TIIME 2020</a> is
over. As always, it was nice and pleasant unconference. But this
year was quite special for us as we have conducted the very
first MidPoint user group meeting before the main unconference.<span
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<p>Monday was a merry gathering of midPoint users that formed a
surprisingly cohesive group. Katka and me started the day with a
couple of <a href="https://docs.evolveum.com/talks/">talks</a>
to set the mood. But the whole group quickly moved toward
informal discussions. We discussed many topics such as
configuration management, IDEs, deployment practices, midPoint
improvements and documentation. This was a great inspiration for
us and we will consider all the suggestions we have received. It
looks like the community enjoys to hear news from midPoint
development team, therefore we have decided to organize midPoint
webinars. We will start with “What’s new” webinars as a
follow-up to midPoint releases. If the webinars prove to be
useful, we will consider extending that activity even further.</p>
<p>The gathering was very friendly and there was a strong
atmosphere of cooperation. MidPoint is a practical real-world
software, therefore it is quite obvious that midPoint is not
perfect. But there was hardly any critique at all. Everybody was
very positive, everybody wanted to contribute to the discussion,
everybody wanted to make midPoint better. I am very grateful
that midPoint has such cooperative and helpful community. You
motivate us to develop midPoint to the best of our abilities.
Thank you all!</p>
<p>Tuesday was dedicated to open source IAM software. I reported
on the plans for ConnId development that we have agreed on in
the ConnId community. Then there was quite an emotive discussion
about SCIM. This is hardly surprising, given all the issues
regarding protocol interoperability during last few years. Then
there was a couple of other discussions, but the last one was my
personal favorite. Mike Schwartz talked about business models
related to open source. I added my two cents by describing how
our own business model evolved. The discussion that followed was
a real highlight of the entire event for me. It is quite clear
that <i>open source</i> is not a business model itself. But
there can be a thriving business based on open source
development. The very existence of Evolveum is a proof of that.</p>
<p>The main TIIME unconference went on Wednesday and Thursday in
its typical friendly and honest style. I have to say I have
became a real fan of unconferences during all these years. We
had a dinner at an amazing museum of natural history in Vienna.
And then it was time to go home again. The event ended just a
few days ago, but I’m already looking forward to meet midPoint
community again. See you again next year!</p>
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<p>(Reposted from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://evolveum.com/quality-tiime-2020/">Evolveum blog</a>)</p>
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Radovan Semancik
Software Architect
evolveum.com</pre>
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