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FFEHR, an Open Source Electronic Health record, Makes Headway by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2008-08-15 04:16 AM

FFEHR is an electronic health record implemented using the Mozilla Application Framework. It is released under GPLv3 by DabaweGNU with support form IOSN ASEAN and IDRC.

Malaysian State of Kedah moves to OpenOffice.org by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2008-08-18 03:26 PM

A case study submitted to the Open Source Competency Center by the Center of Information Technology, Office of the Chief Minister and State Secretary of Kedah, has indicated that OpenOffice.org has been installed in 70% of the computers in the Kedah state government agencies. There are currently 2,202 installed seats and by the looks of it, the numbers will just keep rising!

Malaysian state of Pahang moves to OpenOffice.org by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2008-08-14 11:51 AM

Its just been made official that the government of the State of Pahang is migrating all its productivity suites to OpenOffice.org.

Davao City : Bearing the Fruits for FOSS by Nathaniel Jayme — last modified 2008-07-27 01:13 AM

Davao City is giving its share in the strong advocacy and use of FOSS.

SFD at Isabela City by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2008-07-28 11:01 AM

The Mindanao Open Source Society will host the 1st biggest I.T. event in Isabela City, Basilan, Philippines dubbed FOSS@CLASS in connection to the celebration of Software Freedom Day 2008.

Request for Public Review - MyGIFOSS Revised Draft by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2008-07-09 12:52 PM

The intention of this document is to provide a guide for Malaysian government agencies in the adoption of and migration to open source software withing their ICT framework.

Indonesia's Gunadarma University hosts the First International Workshop on Open Source and Open Content (WOSOC 2008) by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2008-07-08 12:58 PM

The Workshop on Open Source and Open Content (WOSOC) will be held from 30th of November till the 3rd of December 2008. The venue is Bali Dynasty Hotel, Denpasar - Bali, Indonesia. The theme for the WOSOC is “Making the Open Source and Open Content work for people”. It is expected to attract international and region participants and will bring together participants representative of government, businesses, civil society organizations and academics.

University of the Philippines Team Wins 2008 Duke's Choice Award by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2008-07-15 04:39 PM

University of the Philippines computer science students have won an international award for a Java program that enables doctors in rural areas to access a database of common poisons using their mobile phones. Diana Bandojo, Ma. Jaymee Gatapia and Reggie Santos were named winners in the medical solutions category of the Duke’s Choice Award, an annual search for innovative programs running on the Java platform.

Ubuntu released in Bangladesh with Open content announcement by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2008-05-26 11:05 AM

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.

High-Level Workshop Discusses Open Source Requirements for EU-Vietnam Cooperation in Hanoi by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2008-05-22 11:44 AM

Hanoi 18 April 2008: A high-level workshop is discussing key issues around Free and Open Source Software such as business models, regulations and requirements to access the European marketplace in Hanoi, Vietnam. The event is organised by the initiative “FOSS-Bridge EU-Vietnam” through InWEnt - Capacity Building International of Germany, INRIA of France and IOIT of Vietnam. The four day event gathers over 30 representatives from key Vietnamese ICT associations and companies, who all share an interest in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). In group works and through direct interactions with experienced FOSS experts from Europe and Vietnam, they exchange knowledge on international regulations and how to build better capacity in FOSS business models and applications, which meet the needs of the market in Vietnam and internationally. Through two additional 6-days workshops in July and November 2008 the participants are supported in becoming multipliers and trainers of FOSS expertise in Vietnam.

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 2008-05-29 04:18 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