First ever Open Source Camp in Bangladesh concluded
The first ever open source camp in Bangladesh concluded on Saturday,
24th March 2007 at the CSE department of SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh. A
total 66 students, mainly from SUST and also from BRAC University,
American International University Bangladesh and Bangladesh University
of Engineering and Technology, had attended the camp. The camp is
sponsored by a PSTN company, Ranks Telecom Ltd (RanksTel). Friday (23rd
march) morning Prof Dr M Zafar Iqbal inaugurate the camp. Dr S K Das of
SUST distributed certificates among the participants at the closing
session. The following topics were covered in the camp- Linux and its
different distribution, Open Office, LAMP, Wikipedia etc. A session was
also dedicated for bangla localization. Mr Jamil Ahmed of Ankur
directed the camp. He was assisted by Mr Mahey Alam Khan, Khandaker
Mujahidul Islam Suzan, Omar Shehab, Salahuddin Pasha and Abu Zaher.
RanksTel provide a free calling booth at the camp premises and a good
number of students use that facility to call upon the near and dear
one!