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Ubuntu relesed in Bangladesh with Open content announcement by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2008-05-14 04:08 PM

Prominent Bangladeshi writers freed up their books under open license at the ceremony of releasing Ubuntu 8.04 in Bangladesh. The event also marked the release of Language Movement Photo Album to wiki commons.

Public Beta Release of a Free/Open Source Electronic Health Record for the Philippine Health Care Industry by Holden Hao — last modified 2008-05-07 06:02 PM

The first beta release of FFEHR, an electronic health record application commissioned by the ASEAN+3 node of the International Open Source Network (IOSN), was released to the public last April 28, 2008. This release comes six months after the University of the Philippines Manila-National Telehealth Center tasked free/open source software (F/OSS) programmer Nathaniel Jayme and Davao-based F/OSS organization DabaweGNU, Inc. to jointly develop FFEHR. This release marks an important milestone as the project now opens its doors for public review.

DabaweGNU's LiSA 1.2 Draws Mindanao Systems Administrators by Holden Hao — last modified 2008-05-07 06:00 PM

DabaweGNU, Inc.'s successful undertaking of the first Linux Systems Administration (LiSA1) training last February, encouraged the organization to conduct another training last April 7-11, 2008. Dubbed, LiSA 1.2, the training attracted systems administrators from all over Mindanao. In all, there were 22 participants. They represented various industries but many came from the government, education, and telecom sector. The biggest groups were from the city government of Surigao, University of Southern Mindanao, and Philcom.

General Santos City SUC as 1st Philippine OpenHUB by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2008-04-25 12:50 PM

SARANGANI PROVINCE, SOUTH-CENTRAL MINDANAO. In its goal to tap and develop Philippine state universities and colleges (SUCs) to be accessible resource centers for free/open source software (F/OSS), the ASEAN+3 Node of the International Open Source Network (IOSN ASEAN+3) and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany jointly supported the holding of the 1st OpenHUBS Conference last 27-29 November 2007 at the Isla Parilla Resort, Municipality of Alabel, in Sarangani Province. The 3-day event was organized by the Mindanao State University (MSU)-GenSan Computer Center with the SoCSKSarGen Open Source Society (SOSS) and the Koronadal National Comprehensive High School (KNCHS) FOSS Society.

Philippines' University of Southern Mindanao Goes All-Out F/OSS by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2008-04-22 09:45 AM

KABACAN, NORTH COTABATO, PHILIPPINES. In an official letter from Dr. Virgilio G. Oliva, University of Southern Mindanao (USM) president, to the International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3, it was formally announced that USM-Kabacan will spearhead the migration of its computer systems from proprietary to free/open source software (F/OSS) at the first quarter of 2008 through its Information and Communications Technology Center (USM-ICTC) as part of its continuing F/OSS advocacy in line with the IOSN ASEAN+3 agenda.

Chittagong Open Source Network Inaugurated by Shakib Ahmed — last modified 2008-04-11 11:09 AM

 

IOSN and Practical Action conduct discussion on Poverty Reduction by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2008-04-02 05:43 PM

 

Malaysian Government begins migration to OpenOffice.org by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2008-03-19 12:42 PM

The Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) has announced that the agency will be migrating to OpenOffice.org office suite as well as adopt the OpenDocument Format (ODF). In addition, Microsoft Office is to be phased out by end of 2008.

Wiki Month Celebration in Bangladesh by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2008-03-08 11:57 AM

Bengali wikipedian celebrates February as Bangla Wiki Month by arranging awareness programme as well as enriching the existing articles in bn.wikipedia.

DabaweGNU Holds LiSA 1 Training by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2008-02-25 10:05 AM

DAVAO CITY - DabaweGNU Inc., a non-stock,non-profit organization promoting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in this city and in the rest of Mindanao, successfully concluded its first major activity for 2008. Last February 4-8, it held its first Linux System Administration 1 or LiSA 1 training at the PhilNITS computer laboratory located at the DTI Regional Office in Davao City.

NRCFOSS gives away FOSS India Awards at Open Source India Week by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2008-02-21 10:35 AM

 

Open Source Network formed at North South University, Dhaka by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2008-02-21 09:51 AM

Students of North South University recently formed their own open source network in the campus. The network launching has been held in a associated seminar on 12th February 2008.

Technical support for open source systems now in GenSan by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2008-01-01 11:15 AM

Source: Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews

FOSS Nepal jointly wins Software Freedom Day 2007 Best Event Competition! by Subir Pradhanang — last modified 2007-11-30 02:04 PM

FOSS Nepal Community has been declared one of 3 winners of Software Freedom Day 2007 Best Event Competition. The other winners are SFD Nicaragua 2007 Team and Beijing Software Freedom Day (China).

MSU-GenSan regional center for free software by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2007-11-26 10:24 AM

Source: Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews

Invitation to FOSS companies by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-11-21 05:44 PM

 

Request for comments: Draft IOSN Primers on FOSS for SMEs, Health, and Security by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2008-03-06 07:31 PM

 

Open Source Training for Bangladesh Government Officials by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-11-21 03:45 PM

Bangladesh Government officials start training on open source software

Open Source Workshop held at Jhangirnagar University, Dhaka by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-11-10 09:09 AM

A day long workshop creates awareness among the university students in Bangladesh

Bangla Digit Recognition OCR Released by Tazrian Khan — last modified 2007-11-08 04:55 PM