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Business chambers eye shift to free, open source software amid rising operating costs by Francisco E. Sarmiento III, MD — last modified 2009-09-18 06:38 PM

KORONADAL CITY, Sept. 18 (PNA) – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is taking another look at the free and open source software (FOSS) as a possible option to help reduce the rising operating costs of mainstream businesses and industries in the country.

*** (CLOSED) APPLICATION PERIOD EXTENDED to SEPT 21st *** Final Call: Asia Source 3, Silang, Cavite, Philippines, November 6-12, 2009 by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2009-09-24 04:22 PM

 

Second Call: Asia Source 3 by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2009-08-26 10:50 PM

Released August 21, 2009

Open Source in Laos by Yolynne Medina — last modified 2009-06-21 06:13 PM

Interview on Anousak Souphavanh - Chief Technical Advisor Organisation of Lao Open Source, Lao PDR

OSI Tech Days 2009 Kicks Off In Chennai! - EFY Times by pavithra srinivasan — last modified 2009-03-16 09:34 AM

 

FOSS Bridge EU-Vietnam: High level training material and networks by Balthas Seibold — last modified 2009-02-25 11:03 PM

FOSS Bridge EU-Vietnam has been promoting Southeast Asian software industries and cooperation with Europe through innovative collaboration on FOSS and business development since 2006.

FOSS Training / workshop under ASEAN Cooperation at C-DAC, Chennai, India by berasmusa — last modified 2009-01-30 05:01 PM

 

Nepal's first FOSS Training and Research Center Opened by Subir Pradhanang — last modified 2008-12-12 09:52 AM

Nepal's first FOSS Training and Research Center is opened at Brihaspati Vidyasadan School (BVS) at Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal. This Center has been made possible by the financial help from Help Nepal Network and BVS Alumni and technical help from FOSS Nepal, the community involved in spreading free and open source technologies in Nepal.

SFD2008 Competition: FOSS Nepal makes it two in a row by Subir Pradhanang — last modified 2008-11-27 12:14 PM

FOSS Nepal Community has been declared one of the winners of Software Freedom Day 2008 Best Event Competition. The other winners are from Nicaragua and the Philippines. This is the second time in a row that the Nepal team has been able to win the award.

ODF OLYMPIAD 2008 by berasmusa — last modified 2008-11-10 04:06 PM

 

Celebration of SFD in Basilan a success by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2008-09-29 03:56 PM

Mindanao Open Source Society together with the COMTECH Institute Inc. and D’COMTECHIAN has successfully celebrated FOSS@CLASS.

EXTENDED to OCTOBER 10th -- CALL FOR INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION: IOSN-InWEnt Training of Trainers on the FOSS Toolkit for SMEs by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2008-10-06 07:26 PM

Manila, November 4 to 7, 2008

"Open Source & More IT for African Business" - release of advanced e-learning courses on Information Technology by InWEnt/it@ab by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2008-09-17 11:40 PM

01.09.2008 - InWEnt/it@ab releases a series of advanced e-learning courses on Information Technology (IT)- "Open Source & More IT for African Business" focussing on the needs of business related IT consultancy in Africa. The course is now online at the following URL: http://cle2.it-inwent.net/LearningSpace/osam/

One Nation: Unity for Software Freedom. Celebrating Software Freedom Day 2008 in the Philippines by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2008-09-02 02:57 PM

Philippines to celebrate Software Freedom Day

Malaysia's schools get OpenOffice.org by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2008-08-29 09:30 AM

The Malaysian government has unveiled plans to roll out OpenOffice.org in schools across the nation--a move that will affect some 300,000 PCs.

FFEHR, an Open Source Electronic Health record, Makes Headway by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2008-08-31 06:14 AM

FFEHR is an electronic health record implemented using the Mozilla Application Framework. It is released under GPLv3 by DabaweGNU with support from 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 2008-09-26 03:37 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

 

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

 

Training of Trainers for FOSS for Geographic Information Systems held in Jakarta by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2007-11-15 07:04 PM

Training on how to use Free and/or Open Source GIS held in Jakarta

Meet David Axmark, MySQL Co-Founder |MySQL South East Asia Roadshow 2007 | New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai by Vineet Agrwal — last modified 2007-11-08 04:50 PM

An exclusive seminar and networking opportunity to explore how your organization can benefit from MySQL’s future plans. David Axmark , Co-founder and Vice President, Larry Stefonic Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific President, MySQL K.K. (Japan) and Daniel Saito Representative Director of the Asia Pacific region MySQL K.K. together with OSSCube, India’s first and only Authorized MySQL Training Center and one of the MySQL Enterprise Partner will be presenting and discussing both technical and none technical aspects of MySQL.

Eternity Game House presents BDOSDN Open Source 3D game by arup barua — last modified 2007-11-08 04:54 PM

 

NepaLinux and Free Geek jointly awarded APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007 by Subir Pradhanang — last modified 2007-10-29 12:55 PM

The first APC FOSS Prize established in 2006 to honour Chris Nicol, a long time FOSS advocate and activist who for many years, worked with APC, has been jointly awarded to: Free Geek (USA) and NepaLinux (Nepal)

C-DAC RELEASES BOSS V 2.0 AT CONNECT 2007 by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-10-26 12:58 PM

 

Software Freedom Day 2007 in Nepal by Prabin gautam — last modified 2007-10-08 01:37 PM

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an international event when people vow for the freedom of the softwares. This year it was celebrated on 15th September by 60 nations along with Nepal. This year's SFD was very important event in the Software's freedom movement in Nepal. For the first time, HLCIT (High Level Commission for Information Technology), government's highest authority for ICT, was SFD's organizing partner along with FOSS-Nepal Community.

Joomla Training Workshop held in Dhaka by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-10-08 03:10 PM

A day long Joomla workshop held in Dhaka

Asia Finds Security in Open Source by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-10-05 12:48 PM

For businesses in Australia, China, India, and Korea, security is the No. 1 reason to buy open-source software, an IDC survey says

1st Open Technology Fair opens in Koronadal by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-10-03 03:02 PM

KORONADAL CITY, Sept 26 – At least 500 students, teachers and representatives from various sectors will gather here Thursday for the two-day Open Technology Fair 2007, the first-ever event in the area that will highlight the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as well as latest agricultural and industrial technologies.

Party agencies to no longer use Microsoft Office by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-10-02 05:54 AM

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 20,000 computers used at Party agencies nationwide will replace Microsoft Office software with OpenOffice open source office software.

FOSS Inter-Regional Exchange Grants (Sep-Nov 2007) by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-09-06 07:52 AM

FOSS Inter-Regional Exchange Grants in support of FOSS developers and practitioners in Asia-Pacific

5th Open Source Camp concluded at IIUC, Chittagong by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-09-05 04:59 PM

 

South Africa's Government's OSS plans revealed by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-08-29 07:59 AM

South Africa's Government's OSS policy revealed and includes concrete plans for adoption and migration

Iran votes no to OOXML in ISO/JTC1 by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-08-28 01:26 PM

Advanced Information and Communication Technology Research Center of Sharif University of Technology of Iran (www.aictc.ir) as the director of Iran national Free/Open Source Project and member of ODF Alliance after some meetings with Iran's standard institute (ISIRI) convinced ISIRI to vote no to OOXML in the upcoming ISO/JTC1 voting in September 2.

India says no to Microsoft's OOXML by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-08-24 06:04 PM

 

Standardised Lao font introduced for computer systems by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-08-22 06:31 AM

Computer content in Laos may soon become standardised, according to officials from the Science, Technology and Environment Agency (STEA), which held a seminar on the implementation of Lao standard content yesterday.

Thailand’s Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has intention to use Sahana, a Free and Open Source Software for Disaster Management by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-08-22 06:10 AM

3 Aug 2007 Bangkok, the Sahana developers team has presented Sahana, a free and open source software for disaster management, to the committee of National Center for Giving and Volunteering (NCGV) under the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.

IBM Helps NIIT to Establish Linux Competency Center in Pakistan by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-08-16 02:27 PM

 

A five year deal with Microsoft to dump Novell/SUSE by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-08-15 03:36 PM

Wake up little SUSE, Wake up. No, that's not good enough. Wake up SUSE customers, wake up. Novell is jeopardizing the future of Linux for its own short-term rewards. If you want to see Linux flourish, let alone survive after Novell's five year deal with Microsoft expires, I suggest we make an alternative five year deal with Microsoft. In this case, our part of the deal is to spend the next five minutes, months, or years migrating away from every shred of Novell/SUSE software in our home, office, or enterprise.

Why Microsoft Is Going Open Source by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-08-15 03:25 PM

No one would have believed me if I had said five years ago that Microsoft would have a page on its Web site called “Open Source at Microsoft” with the following remarkably sane and reasonable statement on the subject:

ZDNet Asia: Open source gathers steam in Malaysia by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-08-15 07:31 AM

PETALING JAYA--Open source software (OSS) adoption is growing steadily in Malaysia, where IT practitioners in the industry are optimistic its development will make greater strides in the coming years.

Malaysia formally embraces open doc format by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-08-14 08:26 AM

The Malaysian government announced plans to adopt open standards and the Open Document Format (ODF) within the country's public sector.

APDIP e-Note 18 on Standards for Electronic Documents by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-08-01 03:01 PM

This APDIP e-Note provides a brief introduction to the history of document standards, explores the different standards for electronic documents and details the development of OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (ODF). It also looks at how governments worldwide have started to adopt ODF in public administration.

IT Officials Offer Free Lao Software by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-07-27 11:33 AM

Local people will have free access to a number of Lao-language email and desktop computer programmes, thanks to the development of Open Source Software in Laos , according to an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) consultant.

CICT distribute free CDs to SMEs by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-07-24 01:33 PM

The Commission on Information and Communications Technology – Human Capital Development Group (CICT- HCDG) launched Open STEP, a compilation of mature open source applications for micro and small entrepreneurs, on Thursday.

BDOSDN - IT Bangla OSS Seminar by S M Ashraful Kadir — last modified 2007-07-27 11:09 AM

Bangladesh Open Source Development Network and IT Bangla Ltd. jointly organized a seminar on Open Source Software

APDIP and IOSN Release Publication on Open Content by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-07-19 08:18 AM

This e-primer introduces the concept of Open Content. It focuses on implications for policy makers, and the advantages that the Open Content model may offer, especially for developing countries.

Homa: a linux distro in Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-07-14 06:14 PM

Homa is an Ubuntu Addon CD that has a standard Debian/Ubuntu repository plus a user friendly GUI for installing many useful packages on Ubuntu. The New Homa Multimedia 7.04.1 will install more than 60 popular packages on your installed Feisty Fawn.

Seminars and Workshop by FOSS.ir last year by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-07-14 05:17 PM

National FOSS foundation has conducted various seminars and workshops to improve the state of Linux and Free/Open Source Software in Iran.

Linux Live CD Research by Al-Ransted E. Lagarde — last modified 2007-06-28 03:55 PM

The current results in the research and testing of Linux live CDs and virtualization software at the Management Information Services Division (MISD) of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) of the Republic of the Philippines.

Developers' Training Workshop Reinforces Global FOSS Healthcare Interoperability Agenda by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-06-26 08:54 AM

 

Iran FOSS Strategic plan is underway by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-06-19 02:09 PM

Abdolmajiad Riazi, head of the high council of IT of Iran and deputy to the minister of ICT insisted on the significance of FOSS and the government's support for it.

Iran FOSS project took part in LinuxTag 2007 by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-06-19 02:09 PM

Representatives from FOSS Iran took part in the LinuxTag conference in Germany to improve the organization's international fame as well as introducing the outcomes of FOSS in Iran.

FOSS Awareness Campaign in Schools of Kathmandu, Nepal by Shishir Jha — last modified 2007-06-18 09:49 AM

 

BdOSN's 4th OSS Camp Concluded in AIUB by Mahay Alam Khan — last modified 2007-06-18 09:52 AM

 

Learn LAMP (LINUX APACHE MYSQL AND PHP) in 24 Hours by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-06-12 07:07 AM

IOSN ASEAN+3 in partnership with E World Career Centre and Gooey Software Developers recently held a successful training for IT professionals of Zamboanga City on Linux Apache MySql and Php dubbed as Learn LAMP for 24 hours. Ronald Medina, Zulfikar Sabdulla and Jacob Mohammad served as lecturers of the said event. Medina and Sabdulla were both recipients of the IOSN and Inwent sponsored Linux training for trainers held in UP Diliman.

Standalone OSS market to hit US$5.8bn by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-06-07 07:34 AM

Significant demand for standalone open source software (OSS) will see the market grow at a rate of 26pc a year to reach US$5.8bn by 2011, according to IDC.

linux.conf.au 2008 Call For Presentations by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-06-07 07:10 AM

linux.conf.au isn't just a Linux conference. It is a technical conference about Free Software, held annually in Australasia. We invite submissions on any Free Software related subject; from Linux and the BSDs to OpenOffice.org, from networking to audio-visual magic, from deep hacks to Creative Commons.

Linux: making small businesses possible by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-06-05 10:29 PM

Story of a startup FOSS SME and cost comparisons

Desktop trainees attain Moksha by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-06-05 10:36 AM

 

First ever Open Source Support centre in Dhaka by Dhanesh.K.K — last modified 2007-06-02 03:23 PM

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) has opened its open Source Support centre in Dhaka.

Sun shares its technology with Vietnam’s open source community by David Tremblay — last modified 2007-05-30 08:29 AM

VietNamNet Bridge – Sun Microsystems has opened the source codes of its operating systems JavaSE, NetBeans, Solaris and is providing them free of charge for the community of IT developers of Vietnam.

Founder of OpenContent at FKK Special by Subir Pradhanang — last modified 2007-06-05 02:11 PM

 

Software copyright purchase: no monopoly in Vietnamese Govt agencies by David Tremblay — last modified 2007-05-24 03:36 PM

Regarding the government’s purchase of Microsoft software copyright, Deputy Minister of Post and Telematics Vu Duc Dam, says there is no monopoly in terms of product or provider, though it is Microsoft or another.

What If Every Child Had A Laptop? by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 08:57 AM

(CBS) Nicholas Negroponte, a professor at MIT, had a dream. In it every child on the planet had his own computer. In that way, he figured, children from the most impoverished places – from deserts and jungles and slums could become educated and part of the modern world. Poor kids would have new possibilities.

Open Source: Ready for Its Closeup by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 08:18 AM

For many filmmakers, the economics alone make open source filmmaking an attractive option. When free or low-cost production tools like CinePaint and Blender are combined with free hosting services like Internet Archive, writers and filmmakers are free to focus on film production rather than financing. Some filmmakers are even going beyond simply sharing ideas and also sharing the footage they've shot.

OLPC and Microsoft: Happy Together? by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 08:10 AM

For his part, One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte wasn't touting Windows itself as much as user choice. He stressed the educational theories behind his project's original interface, which is open source so as to let children tinker with it. Government ministers had not really been asking him about Windows on the machines, citing Egypt as a rare exception, he added.

Microsoft Patent Claims: Rattling Sabers or Ready to Rumble? by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 08:00 AM

With Microsoft's recent assertions that various forms of open source software violate at least 235 of its patents, are Linux developers, distributors and users safe? Any legal action taken by Microsoft will likely be subdued. The company will probably stop short of going after the supposed infringements with a full-on legal assault, which would cause a meltdown in the software industry.

Gartner: Software Users Must Fight for Open Source by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 07:47 AM

"Vendors increasingly want to tweak the meaning of open source to include, for example, attribution licensing, which says the user can modify and redistribute the software, and make derivative versions based on it only if they give the author credit," said Gartner analyst Brian Prentice.

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Military Moves by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 07:39 AM

We're now seeing Microsoft's true stripes. The performance of the products is a charade, an unfortunate cost of doing business in a once competitive market. The real means to profits and market share are really about legal positioning, but in essence necessitates a military posture. For what are laws and lawyers but a means to avoid violence and warfare in lieu of a day in court?

Microsoft to Teach Open Documents to Speak Chinese by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 07:29 AM

Microsoft is partnering with Chinese institutions to create an open source translator between China's Unified Office Format and the Ecma Open XML file formats. By working with China, Microsoft can further the Open XML standard, which was created by Microsoft and has been widely criticized as too large and unwieldy to encourage easily-built applications based on the standard.

Third Open Source Camp Concluded in Bangladesh by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-05-15 01:31 PM

 

Iran Free/Open Source Software Policy Making Project by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-05-12 03:29 PM

During last three years many technical projects has been performed in the context of Iran Free/Open Source Project to provide Persian language support in most widely used application and GNU/Linux localization stack. One the current important obstacles for promotion of FOSS in Iran is the lack of a written and approved nation wide policy and strategy for FOSS.

Iran Telecommunication Research Center migration plan by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-05-13 04:11 PM

Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC) has started migration to free/open source softwares from April 2006. A management project was defined for starting this migration.

UNDP-APDIP Held Government Interoperability Frameworks Workshop and Study Group Meeting by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-05-04 06:31 AM

BEIJING, 20 April 2007 - United Nations Development Programme – Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP), in partnership with IBM and Oracle held the Government Interoperability Frameworks (GIF) Workshop and Study Group Meeting at the Beijing International Hotel on 18-20 April 2007. The event was hosted by the Chinese Government’s State Council Informatization Office (SCITO).

The second Open Source Camp, organized by BdOSN completed. by Mahay Alam Khan — last modified 2007-04-30 09:54 AM

 

Vietnam gives priority to open source software by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-04-25 12:43 PM

The government has approved the software industry development programme to 2010, in which priority will be given to the use of open source software in state-funded IT projects.

Sirim pulls plug on format fight by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-04-18 01:49 PM

SHAH ALAM: Standards body Sirim Bhd has stopped a feud between IBM Malaysia and Microsoft Malaysia over competing technologies in this country. Datuk Dr Mohamad Ariffin Aton, Sirim chief executive, has suspended the process for approving the Open Document Format (ODF), which is backed by IBM Corp, as a Malaysian standard. A competing format is OpenXML, currently used only in Microsoft Corp's Office suite of desktop products.

Microsoft's 'Men in Black' kill Florida open standards legislation by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-04-18 10:14 AM

It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were pressuring members of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (COGO) to remove the words they didn't like from Senate bill 1974.

Bangla Wikipedian celebrate the Bangla Nobo Borsha (New Years Day) by Mahay Alam Khan — last modified 2007-04-17 04:36 PM

 

Jumpstart Localisation goes smooth by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-04-18 03:15 PM

A training of trainers on Localisation was organized by the IOSN South Node between April 6th-8th.

IOSN-InWEnt-OSHCA To Sponsor Health Developer Training by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2007-04-09 08:30 AM

 

Open Source Open Content Seminar in Bangladesh by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-04-02 01:04 PM

 

WIKI CD Released in Bangladesh by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-04-02 01:03 PM

BdOSN released an Open Content CD

ChangeLog: Sahana Project, Ted Ts'o, receive FSF Awards by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-03-27 02:20 PM

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced the recipients of the 2006 FSF Awards. The Award for Projects of Social Benefit was given to Sahana, a free software project created for managing disaster relief, and the Award for the Advancement of Free Software went to Theodore Ts'o for his lifetime contributions, including his work on the Linux kernel.

FOSS Essentials Training conducted in Nepal by Subir Pradhanang — last modified 2007-03-26 01:56 PM

 

First ever Open Source Camp in Bangladesh concluded by A A Munir Hasan — last modified 2007-03-26 10:03 AM

 

Linux makes for greener computing by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-03-20 03:27 PM

The UK Government reckons that servers with Linux installed are greener than those running Windows.

Pakistan "Opens Up" Open Source Training Toolkit to Everyone by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-03-20 11:47 AM

The toolkit contains step-by-step manuals comprising of six modules covering various Free and Open Source Software applications.

Govt Told to Drop Deal with Microsoft by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-03-19 03:24 PM

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has urged the government to annul its recent deal with U.S. giant software producer Microsoft for the use of the latter's software in state offices and institutions.

‘Linux invasion’ Reaches Southern Growth Corridor by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-03-19 01:59 PM

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (March 15) – The long-overdue “linux invasion” there and in nearby growth areas of South Cotabato and Sarangani has finally unfolded with the launching of the area’s pioneering advocacy group for the mainstreaming of the free and open source software (FOSS).

Indonesian Government pledges to pursue open-source software by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-03-16 08:55 AM

In spite of a deal with the U.S.-based software giant Microsoft, the government pledged Wednesday that it would continue promoting the use of open-source software.

A FOSS Disaster Management System to aid typhoon victims - Stockholm Challenge finalists team up. by Sheran Corera — last modified 2007-03-16 01:40 PM

The story is of a Stockholm Challenge finalist of HotCity Wireless who contacts another finalist, a FOSS disaster response project from the Health category when a typhoon strikes in the Philippines.

e-Primer on Free/Open Source Software: Network Infrastructure and Security by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-03-15 03:52 PM

This e-primer, with a foreword by Robert Shaw of the International Telecommunication Union, introduces readers to the network concepts and architectures, and the major networking functions with FOSS. It also discusses network security functions with FOSS, including security best practices and ‘to-do's’.

Open source bill hits snag in Congress by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2007-03-12 10:29 AM

Philippines FOSS bill not having much support in Congress

Push for open access to research by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-03-02 01:52 PM

Internet law professor Michael Geist takes a look at a fundamental shift in the way research journals become available to the public

OpenLogic CEO Steve Grandchamp: Tailor-Made Open Source by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-27 11:20 AM

OpenLogic maintains a library of several hundred certified open source projects that it integrates into customers' computer configurations. "The pace of adoption [of open source] will pick up, not slow down," said CEO Steve Grandchamp. "We are already at the end of proprietary code. This is why we are seeing a need for complimentary business."

Dell Users Seek Linux, OpenOffice by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-27 11:00 AM

"We are at our best when we are hearing directly from our customers," said Dell CEO Michael Dell at the unveiling. "We listen, learn and then improve and innovate on what our customers want. It is one of the real advantages of being a direct company." Dell currently supports Linux on its servers, and offers a set of three desktop computers preinstalled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Carnegie Mellon Folds Open Source Into New Degree Offering by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-27 10:42 AM

Carnegie Mellon West's Software Management program is built on the university's existing software engineering curriculum, the school explained, but adds a business and organizational component that "breaks with tradition by giving students the broader perspective needed to collaborate with and lead the global, distributed teams that are defining next-generation software organizations."

South African Government Adopts Open Source Policy by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-27 10:00 AM

South Africa announced Thursday its plan to use open source software on government-run computer systems. Officials said the strategy will lower costs an enhance local IT skills. The use of open source solutions has been on the rise within government, particularly within governments outside of the United States, said Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor and analyst for Illuminata.

Open Source Guru Bashes Red Hat's Fedora by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-27 09:44 AM

"Over the last five years, I've watched Red Hat/Fedora throw away what was at one time a near-unassailable lead in technical prowess, market share and community prestige," charged Eric Raymond, cofounder of the Open Source Initiative. "The blunders have been legion on both technical and political levels."

Microsoft imposes Vista tax on Mac and Linux virtualization by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-26 09:24 AM

Computer users wanting to run Vista on Mac OS or Linux will have to buy an expensive version of Vista if they want to legally install it on their systems using virtualization technology.*

Wind River acquires RT Linux from FSMLabs to boost expertise in hard-real-time Linux by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-26 08:40 AM

ALAMEDA, Calif. 23 Feb 2007. Real-time software specialist Wind River Systems Inc. in Alameda, Calif., has acquired real-time Linux technology from Finite State Machine Labs Inc., (FSMLabs) in Socorro, N.M.

Cuba Embraces Open-source Software by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2007-03-19 02:52 PM

Cuban officials, ever focused on U.S. threats, see a move away from proprietary software as a matter of national security. Cuba's Communications Minister, Ramiro Valdes, called the world's information systems a "battlefield" where Cuba is fighting against imperialism.

S.Africa says to switch to open source software by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-02-23 07:33 AM

CAPE TOWN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - South Africa plans to switch all government departments over to open source computer software instead of using Microsoft systems, a cabinet spokesman said on Thursday.

The First People's Organizations Free Software Boot Camp by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-20 05:17 PM

Last February 10 to 11, 2007, the Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) held the First People's Organization Free Software Boot Camp at the Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman, Quezon City. Mr. Rick Bahague was overall organizer of the event together with TxtPower's Trixie Concepcion (AS2 Track 4 Facilitator).

UP Manila is IOSN ASEAN+3 Node by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2007-02-20 05:14 PM

The University of the Philippines Manila, through its National Telehealth Center, will host the secretariat of the IOSN in ASEAN+3. Chancellor Ramon L. Arcadio signed the agreement late March and Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo, director of the NTC will be the node manager.

Youth group urges DepEd to sign up for $100-laptop project by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-20 05:14 PM

Here’s one for the Department of Education (DepEd), which is facing several hurdles in modernizing teaching through computer technology: A US-based computer company is now offering a laptop that cost only $100 in order to help developing countries solve the perennial computer shortage in public schools.

Open Source Health Information System Makes It to Stockholm Challenge Finals by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2007-02-20 05:13 PM

The Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) of the Medical Informatics Unit, University of the Philippines Manila made it as one of the finalists in the Stockholm Challenge 2006.

Real PCs and a real Internet by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-02-20 05:10 PM

"... the PC4All runs on open source software, and compatible open source applications, providing opportunities for students to study, analyze and build upon the openly available source code."

South Asians "for" regional co-operation by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-05-01 10:10 AM

The recently concluded Round Table Discussion of South Asian Countries has given a push to more regional co-operation in FOSS.

IOSN Releases Calls for Authors/Proposal for Events:Due February 28th, 2007 by Alvin Marcelo — last modified 2007-02-18 09:01 PM

The International Open Source Network releases four calls for authors for primers/workbook and one call for proposals for FOSS events.

Code Breakers Documentary with Persian subtitle in Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-02-17 08:39 PM

Code breakers, the term may give you an image of a 21th century thriller about computer crackers but it's not so. Code breakers is the title of a two-part documentary on FOSS which was broadcast on BBC a while ago.

Discussion on Free and Open Source Software and Knowledge Sharing on Asia Source II by Y.B. Agusnugroho — last modified 2007-02-15 05:11 PM

On Friday, February 9th 2007, FORMASI Indonesia held an event on discussion about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Knowledge Sharing about Asia Source II. This event is for introducing FOSS to NGOs, SMEs, and Cooperatives. When IT becomes needs in organizations, there will be need for significant and reliable software to support the organizations. Software will be very supporting the function and task that related with IT support. “Right now, we still have limitation on the access to FOSS”, said Yosef Arihadi from NGO Bina Swadaya, and also Vice Chairperson of Executive Board FORMASI Indonesia, when he opened this discussion. Further, he stated that, “FORMASI Indonesia feels that it is an obligation to help NGOs, SMEs, and Cooperatives to get access to FOSS, since FOSS is cheaper and legal”. “FORMASI Indonesia wants this program to spread and accessed by FORMASI associate in NGOs, SMEs, and Cooperatives”, he said as the closing of the speech.

Nepali OpenCD 1.0 released by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-02-14 06:02 PM

Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya has just released the Nepali OpenCD 1.0.

Indian IT Minister releases BOSS GNU/Linux by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2007-02-14 05:55 PM

BOSS short for Bharat Operating System Solutions was officially released at Elitex 2007 in Delhi.

Commissioner Lallana to Lead UNDPs Project to Promote Policies for Open Computing Standards in Asia-Pacific Countries by Stine Loft Rasmussen — last modified 2007-02-13 10:03 AM

Monday, 12 February 2007. Dr. Emmanuel C. Lallana, former Commissioner of the Philippines Commission on Information and Communications Technology joined UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) as Project Adviser of the Government Interoperability Frameworks (GIFs) Project.

MOSS: 1st Hands-On Power Training by Zulfikar Sabdulla — last modified 2007-02-13 09:04 AM

Mindanao Open Source Society(MOSS) conducted its 1st hands on power training at Ateneo de Zamboanga Open Laboratory.The 2 days hands on training was intended to promote Open Source awareness to newly recruited MOSS members as well as Zamboanguenos of what Open Source is, its usage and its many benefits.

FOSS consulting offers special advantages and challenges by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2007-02-08 01:48 PM

IT Manger's Journal: A clear sign that free and open source software (FOSS) has become mainstream is the growing number of small consultants who specialize in it.

Large Pan-Asian event opens in Indonesia to share knowledge on Free/Open Source Software by Sunil Abraham — last modified 2007-01-29 03:32 PM

Asia Source II

Kerala Govt. IT policy released by Dhanesh.K.K — last modified 2007-07-26 06:39 PM

The policy stresses that Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) will be used in e-governance projects. Open standards such as Unicode and Open Document Format and Open Architectures will be followed in e-governance projects to avoid total dependence on select vendors

PAN Localization Project Phase II Meeting by Christopher Fynn — last modified 2007-01-23 03:26 PM

PAN Localization Project Phase II Meeting - January 24th - 27th, 2007, Thimphu, Bhutan

Registration Open for Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo 2007 by Nan Holda — last modified 2007-01-23 03:33 PM

On the eve of their fifth anniversary, the Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) announces the opening of registration for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April 15-18, 2007, in San Jose, California.

Filipino student group wins open source software tilt by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-01-17 12:11 PM

A GROUP of Filipino students from the University of the Philippines has developed an open source-based student elections system that recently won in an international competition, INQUIRER.net learned.

FOSS.ir takes part in first international conference on "Islam world, IT and information society" by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2007-01-29 03:40 PM

FOSS.ir took part in first "Islam world, IT and information society" international conference which was part of a series of conferences on Isfahan's role in development of Islamic science, culture and civilization and was conducted by Isfahan Technical University on 11 and 12 December.

ITRC's IT reasearch center in Iran moves to Linux by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-12-23 04:33 PM

Prof. Dr. Hamid R. Rabiee, deputy for Development of Scientific Relations in ITRC, announced during an interview with ILNA, that the project for FOSS migration has become operationally.

Enterprise open source Toolkit by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-12-22 09:41 AM

Small businesses with small budgets can save a lot of money by deploying open-source software — at least in theory. The Linux operating system and office productivity software such as OpenOffice can be downloaded free. That sounds a lot better than paying $200 (£101.49) for each system's OS and $300-500 more for an Office suite.

'Technology neutrality' and what it means to us Malaysians by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-12-21 01:24 PM

An opinion column on clarifications as to what technology neutrality really means in the context of market choices and the current situation in Malaysia. The situation is actually not biased towards FOSS, but towards incumbent proprietary software vendors and standards.

1st Online Training a Successful one by Rj Ian S. Sevilla — last modified 2007-01-16 12:58 PM

The 1st online training through #iosn on irc.freenode.net was conducted successfully.

Open source booming in Asia by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-12-11 05:37 AM

Open source code is now used by over 70 per cent of software developers in Asia, according to a new report.

"Position Statement on Software Neutrality and Openness" from MOSSA (Malaysia Open Source Software Alliance) by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-12-08 12:22 AM

Today (7 Dec 2006) a Round Table discussion was conducted by MOSSA (Malaysia Open Source Software Alliance) at the office of the New Straits Times newspaper in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. MOSSA consists of ICT solution developers and providers, associations, groups, users and individuals. The Round Table discussed a recent announcement by the Malaysian Government on software neutrality.

Thai Open Sourcers Meet ICT Minister by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-12-06 12:59 PM

Eight representatives from Thai Open Source Associations and users/developers of open source software met Dr. Sitthichai, Thai ICT minister, discussing about open source in Thailand and roles of the government.

1st FOSS@Work, Manila, Philippines by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-05-22 01:19 PM

Open Source Software can empower Southeast Asian enterprises, says regional conference FOSS@Work

Good turnout at FOSS.in by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-12-03 11:17 PM

FOSS.in is one of the largest FOSS events held annually in India.

APDIP Releases A Compilation of Case Studies on the Use of Free and Open Source Software for Development by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-27 11:14 AM

This is a compilation of 14 case studies on the successful deployment of free and open source software (FOSS) in select projects from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America. In each case study, the reason for choosing to use FOSS together with the development, implementation and impact of the FOSS applications are discussed. The benefits obtained and challenges encountered, as well as any valuable lessons learned are also highlighted.

Samba asks Novell to scuttle Microsoft deal by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-27 10:02 AM

The Novell/Microsoft agreement has upset and offended quite a few members of the free software community. The Samba team has issued a statement asking Novell to undo the patent agreement, and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is negotiating with Novell on their behalf.

Thai ICT Minister has negative views on open source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 03:51 PM

New ICT Minister plans to overturn many of the decisions of his predecessors

Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 02:23 PM

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Supporters of the free PC operating system Linux are preparing to counter a recent Microsoft Corp. deal which established for the first time the principle of paying the software giant to use Linux.

Malaysian Government adopts neutral technology platform policy by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 08:45 AM

SERI KEMBANGAN: The Government is adopting a neutral technology platform policy that does not favour either open-source (OSS) or proprietary software.

janabhaaratii project getting community participation by priti patil — last modified 2006-11-23 09:17 AM

Easy and affordable computing for ALL

GNU/ Linux Seminar in Yazd by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-11-13 05:03 PM

After numerous events and seminars being held in different cities to promote and raise FOSS, it’s time for Yazd to be host to a seminar on this topic to familiarize people of the city and the province with such software.

NECTEC seminar "Project Summary report for Use Linux SIS to encourage business development". by udomsak chundang — last modified 2006-11-21 05:03 PM

NECTEC Thailand: ( Thai Nationnal Electronics and Computer Technology ) seminar "Project Summary report for Use Linux SIS to encourage business development" when 10 November 2006 at Aroma Hotel Bangkok

Urdu Language Support now available in Ubuntu-Linux Distribution by fouadbajwa — last modified 2006-11-05 05:26 AM

Ubuntu Linux (www.ubuntu.com) has now incorporated support for Urdu within it's future releases thus becomming the first Linux distribution to support localized Urdu translations internationally. We congradulate Ubuntu l10n-Urdu Translation Team (Ubuntu Official Pakistan Team) for their continued community and volunteer based contributions.

Pakistan's First Public Urdu Word Bank and Dictionary Released (voluntary) by fouadbajwa — last modified 2006-11-05 04:34 AM

Voluntary Members of Ubuntu l10n-Urdu Translation Team (Ubuntu Pakistan Team) develop and release Pakistan's First Public Urdu Word Bank and Dictionary at http://l10n.urduweb.org/dictionary

Behind the upsurge in Chinese open source communities by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-03 12:07 PM

When Novell and Red Hat set up open source communities in China last year, most Chinese companies merely watched. Recently, however, China-based software companies have begun to show a greater interest in creating communities of their own. TurboLinux and Red Flag have created Whitefin and Linux-Ren, respectively. Red Flag also plans to create two additional open source communities -- UMPC (with Intel) and OpenAsianux -- before the end of this year. Why have Chinese companies suddenly changed their tunes?

NepaLinux 1.1 released by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-11-01 06:32 PM

The latest version of Nepalinux has been released.

Red Hat Expands Presence in Bangladesh by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-10-27 12:07 PM

Leading Open Source vendor Red Hat now has a presence in Bangladesh.

Linux reaches Afghanistan by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-10-13 04:35 PM

Afghanistan is being rebuilt with the help of the Linux operating system.

Colleges in Chennai, India getting pro-active about FOSS by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-10-12 05:23 PM

A number of colleges in this metro organized successful FOSS events

Twelve Year Old qualifies to wear the Red Hat ! by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-10-14 01:45 AM

Kumaran.R. of Erode in Tamil Nadu, India has become the youngest Red Hat Certified Engineer at the age of twelve.

Indian region switches to Open Source Software and saves by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-10-12 05:34 PM

As open source applications gain popularity with governments worldwide, Sun StarOffice software gathers momentum against Microsoft Office in the Indian region of Haryana.

Schools in Kerala state of India to use homebrew Debian distro by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-10-10 06:55 PM

The southern Indian state of Kerala is in the process of migrating all computers in its 12,500 high schools from Windows to Linux and they plan to use a homegrown, Debian-offshoot dubbed "IT@School GNU/Linux."

Workshop on "FOSS" at NRCFOSS-INDIA by Dhanesh.K.K — last modified 2006-10-11 06:28 PM

Workshop on “FOSS” aims to provide an insight into FOSS development and a preview of BOSS GNU/Linux distribution developed by NRCFOSS.

Indian state wants its schools to choose Linux, not Microsoft by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-09-28 10:51 AM

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA -- India's Communist-run Kerala state said yesterday that it aims to break U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp.'s dominance in schools, two weeks after rattling investors by banning Coke and Pepsi sales.

Installfest on Free Software Day in Tehran, Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-09-26 08:06 PM

 

Software Freedom Day celebration in Nepal by Tushar Abraham Mathew — last modified 2006-09-22 12:47 PM

On Saturday, September 16, 2006 Yala Maya Kendra at Patan Dhoka acted as a melting pot for hundreds of like minded FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) enthusiasts as they all celebrated the third annual Software Freedom Day 2006 while making the most of the ideal platform to showcase their creativities and explore new possibilities in the field of FOSS.

An Introduction to Open Source Software, Apia, Samoa by Marko Schütz — last modified 2006-09-22 07:49 AM

The course "An Introduction to Open Source Software" was held from 28 August -- 31 August 2006 in Apia, Samoa. Held back-to-back with PacINET 2006, this course brought together many participants from the region.

Software Freedom Day 2006, Philippines by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-09-21 06:05 PM

Software Freedom celebrated in the Philippines

Enthusiasts' rush to elearning.foss.ir is shocking by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-09-17 08:13 PM

 

South Korea to redraw its maps with open source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-09-12 04:20 PM

South Korea will try to tackle one of its lingering problems--a chaotic street and address system--through a new open-source project.

Bill requires open source use in government by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-09-12 04:04 PM

Philippies government representative, Teodoro Casiño is expected to file a bill this week mandating the use of free and open source software and open standards in all government projects.

Croatian government adopts open source software policy by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-23 05:44 AM

The Croatian government has adopted an open source software policy and issued guidelines for developing and using open source software in the government institutions.

Election Commission of India votes for Open Source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-21 12:47 PM

KOLKATA, AUG 19: Who can ignore Richard Stallman's cry for freedom and for free software? At least not the Election Commission of India, one of the pillars of democracy created by the Constitution.

IOSN and UNDP-APDIP Releases new publication on Free/Open Source Software Licensing by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-09-18 11:24 AM

This e-primer examines different proprietary and FOSS licenses that use copyright law to regulate the use of software, and discusses how the FOSS movement uses licenses as a way to create a different model of software development. It provides scenarios to highlight possible copyright issues regarding the use of FOSS by end users, developers and vendors, and addresses common questions and misconceptions regarding copyright and licensing. The e-primer also includes two scenarios regarding government-sponsored FOSS projects.

Google funds Sri Lanka’s open source development by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-20 08:52 PM

Aug 04 (LBO) – Popular Internet search engine Google has given the Lanka Software Foundation 25,000 dollars to drive open source software projects locally.

Hoosier Daddy? In Indiana Schools, It's Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-17 05:53 PM

More than 20,000 Indiana students are now Linux-enabled under a state grant program to roll out low-cost, easy-to-manage workstations, which are running various flavors of the open-source operating system.

Uzbekistan is becoming acquainted with FOSS experience of Asia-Pacific countries by Damir Amirov — last modified 2006-08-15 03:29 PM

During July 18-26, 2006, ICTP (“Assisting the Government of Uzbekistan in the formulation and implementation of ICT for development policy”) project organized a study tour of government officials on FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) experience in Asia-Pacific countries (Thailand and Malaysia) as part of a continued commitment to the promotion of FOSS in Uzbekistan including the recently published Research paper on “Prospective use of free and open source software for development of Uzbekistan”.

Malaysia OKs move toward OpenDocument Format by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-13 08:20 PM

July 28, 2006 (Computerworld) -- The Malaysian government is moving toward adoption of the OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to a U.S.-based activist group that backs the use of the free XML file format.

Call for Asia to adopt ODF by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-09 09:56 AM

SINGAPORE--An official from the United Nations (U.N.) has called for countries in the Asia-Pacific region to embrace the OpenDocument format.

OpenDocument wins more fans by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-02 11:17 AM

Malaysia and Bristol are just two of the latest places to fly the ODF flag

IBM, Microsoft protest Indonesia's open source policy by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-31 11:57 AM

A number of US informatic technology companies such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle have criticized Indonesia`s open source application policy.

Open Source Opens Doors by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-14 04:03 PM

Malaysia’s CIOs are into open source software, and many see it as a way of cutting costs and upping choice.

IOSN Releases Publication on Open Standards by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-08 12:06 PM

This e-primer, with a foreword by Peter J. Quinn, introduces readers to what open standards are and why they are important. It explains the standard-setting processes and provides examples of open standards policies, initiatives and formats. It also addresses the challenges faced in implementing open standards.

China may set high- tech standard by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-31 12:48 PM

China playing a much more dominant role in shaping standards.

FOSS gathering in Mashad, Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-06-20 09:06 PM

The holy city of Mashad was host to a FOSS event intended to promote its usage natioan wide on 14 and 15th of June, 2006.

Open Video Contest by Russell John — last modified 2006-06-20 12:19 PM

Creative Commons and the Fedora Project are pleased to announce the Open Video Contest taking place now. The contest promotes flexible copyright, open media formats and the Fedora Project.

Dzongkha in Microsoft: out? by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-06-13 06:17 PM

What has happened to the US$ 523,000 project which was supposed to incorporate Dzongkha in Microsoft's new operating system?

Dzongkhalinux: made in Bhutan by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-06-13 05:56 PM

While the promise of integrating the Dzongkha Unicode system, developed since 1998 at a cost of US$ 523,000, in Microsoft Vista may be out of the window locals have come up with a much cheaper but more advanced software for Dzongkha computing.

Birth of Ubuntu Bangladesh by Russell John — last modified 2006-06-01 06:54 PM

The official local community team of Ubuntu forms in Bangladesh, with the emphasis on promoting Ubuntu Linux to masses.

India: Why doesn't government embrace open source? by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:01 PM

Though use of open source is an integral part of any e-governance project report, it fails to move beyond. In the end, proprietary software and environment win thumbs-up in bagging the projects.

African localisation wins at Stockholm by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-05-26 09:51 AM

A little-known African localisation projected called KiLinux, which translated open source office suite OpenOffice.org into Swahili, scooped an award under the Education category.

ShahreKord GNU/Linux Conference (Iran FOSS) by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-06-21 09:48 PM

After successfully being held up at Kish, Parand and Zanjan universities, there will another FOSS gathering at ShahreKord city.

Presentations and Projects Abound, Intel(r) Software Product Betas Announced at Gelato ICE: Itanium(r) Conference & Expo by Nan Holda — last modified 2006-12-12 04:43 PM

Over 200 scientists, developers, and engineers convened from all around the globe for the April 2006 Gelato ICE: Itanium(r) Conference & Expo. The event was organized by the Gelato Federation (http://www.gelato.org), an international user community dedicated to advancing Linux(r) on the Intel(r) Itanium(r) architecture. It was the largest gathering of Linux and Itanium professionals that the world has seen to date with delegates from more than 80 companies and institutions attending.

Apache Now the Leader in SSL Servers by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-05-04 10:05 AM

As the original developers of the SSL protocol, Netscape started out with a lead in the SSL server market. But they were soon overtaken by Microsoft's Internet Information Server, which within a few years held a steady 40-50% of the SSL server market.

ISM3 Released by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-05-04 09:58 AM

The publication of ISM3 v1.20 (Information Security Management Maturity Model, pronounced ISM cubed) offers many advantages for information security management systems. ISM3 can be used standalone or enhance systems based on ITIL, ISO27001 or Cobit.

New virus threatens Linux and Windows PCs by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-05-04 09:51 AM

Hackers have released code for a cross-platform virus that could infect Linux and Windows computers.

Italian provinces seek international FOSS partners by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-21 08:56 AM

The province of Rome is engaged in several free/libre/open source software (FLOSS) related activities of international interest.

Regional Conference on Open Standards: The Key to an Open ICT Ecosystem, 2-4 May 2006, Bangkok, Thailand by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-05-08 04:40 PM

National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), in cooperation with Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA), Ministry of Information and Communication Technology; IBM (Thailand); Intel (Thailand); Oracle (Thailand); Cisco (Thailand), and APDIP, will be organizing a Regional Conference on Open Standards: The Key to an Open ICT Ecosystem, on 2-4 May 2006, at the Sofitel Central Plaza Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

OpenDocument format benefits Singaporeans. by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-17 10:24 AM

A insightful letter from a Singaporean citizen, on why the Singaporean government should choose OpenDocument format.

Bringing free software to the masses by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-16 10:58 PM

Peter Brown, the executive director of the Free Software Foundation, hopes to 'get the message of free software outside the hacker world'

CiviCRM 1.4 Released by David Geilhufe — last modified 2006-04-17 08:34 PM

CiviCRM, an open source constitutent relationship management system for the nonprofit and nongovernmental sectors has released version 1.4.

Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-14 02:46 PM

Can an Intellectual Property regime designed to protect private interests be reformed to "lock everyone in"? What results when government authorities promote free, open source software in their jurisdictions? Who (if anyone) should own or control access to the human genome sequence? What parallels can be drawn with the fundamental principles of 'openness' for science and society as a whole?

The business of Linux in China by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-12 08:50 PM

It's a sign of a changing landscape for open source in China. While the government has publicly voiced support for open source and has funded a number of initiatives, there have been few large-scale migrations to the software in the government sector. This is expected to change, however, now that the Chinese government has mandated the use of locally produced software in its departments.

KOffice Free Integrated Office Suite now supports OpenDocument by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-12 09:44 AM

OASIS OpenDocument as the Default File Format for KOffice 1.5

Technical Program Set for Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo by Nan Holda — last modified 2006-04-14 02:33 PM

The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) is proud to announce the technical program for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April 23-26, 2006 in San Jose, California, USA. International Itanium architecture experts are scheduled to deliver 65+ presentations focusing on Linux® on the Intel® Itanium® architecture, including keynotes by Jerry Huck (HP), James Reinders (Intel Corporation), Don Soltis (Intel Corporation), and William Worley (Secure64 and Itanium® Solutions Alliance). The full program is now available online at http://www.gelato.org/pdf/apr2006/gelatoICE_agenda.pdf.

The State of Linux: Substantial Growth in New Zealand by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-11 11:11 AM

Much of the continued explosive growth of Linux adoption in New Zealand and Australia remains unseen, unannounced and often behind the scenes.

Linux a BIG hit in India by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-04-11 10:52 AM

It has been over a year since UTI Bank set up its call center that handles over 7,000 calls per day. The bank was looking for a robust platform that could guarantee it "high availability of services and uninterrupted call traffic". It had options but finally decided on Linux for its core business applications.

Government Day at LinuxWorld by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-04-05 11:17 PM

X.org founder Leon Shiman headed up Government Day at LinuxWorld. The subconference, sponsored by Novell, Red Hat, Trusted Computer Solutions, and Microsoft, was directed at a by-invitation-only group of government movers and shakers, and designed to provide a forum to discuss issues surrounding the adoption of open source and open standards in government, including the problem of vendor lock-in. We were the only press allowed into the event.

PGP Comments on DTI Information Security Breaches Survey 2006 by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-04-05 11:14 PM

The DTI Information Security Breaches Survey 2006 (pdf) has found that only 25% of UK businesses use encryption to send messages to business partners, highlighting that many businesses are leaving sensitive and confidential data contained in emails open to interception. PWC, which carried the survey out on the DTI's behalf, has claimed that one of the reasons for this low level of encryption is the cost and administration burden.

Ubuntu Certification Announced by Russell John — last modified 2006-04-07 01:21 PM

Linux Professional Institute (LPI) and Canonical Ltd. jointly announced the development of a certification exam for the Ubuntu distribution. This certification exam will enable qualified candidates to demonstrate specific expertise in the professional use of Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com>. The certification exam will be launched in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 16 - 19, 2006.

New Open Source Centres of Excellence by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-05-29 09:40 AM

In order to address the growing information and technological needs of the Asia and Pacific region, the International Open Source Network (IOSN) has established three new Centres of Excellence – IOSN ASEAN+3, IOSN PIC (Pacific Island Countries), and IOSN South Asia. Together, these Centres will continue the research and development, networking, institutional strengthening, and training undertaken by IOSN over the last three years to advance the adoption of free/open source software, open standards, and open content across the region.

Software Freedom Law Center Launches Conservancy by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:39 PM

Software Freedom Conservancy offers nonprofit umbrella protections to free and open source projects

Leading Itanium® Processor Architects to Keynote Gelato Conference by Nan Holda — last modified 2006-03-24 03:24 PM

The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) is proud to announce the keynote speakers for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April 23-26, 2006 in San Jose, California, USA. Jerry Huck (HP), James Reinders (Intel Corporation), Don Soltis (Intel Corporation), and William Worley (Secure64 and Itanium® Solutions Alliance) are scheduled to present on the past, present, and future developments of the Intel® Itanium® architecture.

Closing Ceremony of OSN and OSA by zawhtet — last modified 2006-03-21 02:37 PM

Closing Ceremony of OpenSource Software & Linux Networking Course and OpenSource Software Application Development Course was held on 17.3.2006 at CICC, JAPAN.

Conference on Free/Open Source Software within the education system by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 08:03 PM

On the 7th and 8th of March 2006, a conference on the Free/Open Source software was organized by the Advanced Information and Communication Technology Centre (AICTC) of Sharif University of Technology, and by the Research and Planning Organization of the ministry of education.

GNU/Linux Conference in Zanjan University-Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 08:33 PM

Students of Zanjan University will learn how to use Free/Open source software in education.

Philippines joins Global Honeynet Project Alliance by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-03-12 09:09 PM

THE PHILIPPINES is the latest country to be accepted in a global alliance of "Honeynet" projects in Internet security research.

Alliance Formed to Promote Improved Access toand Retrieval of Electronic Government Documents by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-03-07 07:27 AM

ODF Alliance includes diverse industry partners, associations, NGOs and academic/research institutions

Toyota embraces open standards for security by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-03-01 02:50 PM

The car manufacturer believes open standards and deperimeterisation are the right approach to security, but has rejected external security compliance

French opt for laissez-faire Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-28 10:18 AM

A consortium lead by Capgemini has won what seems to be the largest open source contract ever: 15 to 40 millions euros for the next 3 years (17 to 47 MUSD). Capgemini commits to provide support for the 150 open source products used within the information system of the French Ministry of Finances. Capgemini is the overall leader of the project and will provide the project management.

Linux the focus of new Australian Masters degree by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:02 PM

Charles Sturt University (CSU) has partnered with Linux vendor Novell to offer a two-year postgraduate Masters degree which includes formal Linux certification.

Gathering of Head’s of Science and Computer Engineering Departments in the field of Free/Open Source Software- Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 08:27 PM

On the 5th Feb 2006, a half day conference was held, on open source software, with the presence of representatives of Computer Science and Engineering Departments throughout the country. Dr Hamid-Reza Rabiee the deputy manager of Iran Telecommunication Research Center (ITRC) opened the conference by welcoming the delegates

Panel Discussion at WSIS Tunis - Is Free/Open Source Software the Answer? by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-21 12:36 AM

Videos of the panel discussion at the World Summit for the Information Society, Tunis on 18 November 2005. Discussion led by Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation), Bruce Perens (SourceLabs), Rober Kramer (CompTIA), Shane Wall (Intel), Louis-Dominique Ouedraogo (UN Joint Inspection Unit) and Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu Foundation). The discussion was moderated by Kenneth Cukier (Economist).

Registration Open for Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo 2006 by Nan Holda — last modified 2006-02-16 06:44 PM

The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) announced today the opening of registration for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April 23-26, 2006 in San Jose, California, USA. Gelato ICE is the world's only conference dedicated specifically to Linux® on the Intel® Itanium architecture. The conference will be hosted by the Gelato Federation and sponsored by HP, Intel, and Itanium Solutions Alliance. Space is limited. An Early Bird discount is in effect until March 25, 2006. Registration information is available at www.gelato.org/meeting.

Korea Plans to Build Linux City and University by Russell John — last modified 2006-02-16 06:43 PM

The Korean government plans to select a city and a university late next month where open-source software like Linux will become the mainstream operating programs.

Conference on Free/Open Source Software for teachers of Tehran vocational schools by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 08:49 PM

The conference was organized by the deputy of vocational training of Tehran city, on the 7th February 2006.

India hottest Asian market for Open Source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-09 10:36 AM

NEW DELHI: India is set to become the hottest Asian market for Open Source. This was revealed today at the inaugural session of LinuxAsia 2006 held here.

VMware cuts VMware Server price to zero by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-02-08 10:11 AM

VMware is getting ready to follow up on its VMware Player with a free server product for Linux and Windows.

Will public schools use Microsoft or open source? by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-02-07 10:26 PM

THERE is now a brewing issue on whether government should use Microsoft or open source-based software in the second phase of the "PCs for Public Schools Project" of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), says a government source privy to the bidding.

Cape Town to respond to disasters using Asterisk by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-07 01:10 PM

An emergency management centre in Cape Town, South Africa will soon be using open source VOIP telephony to deal with and respond to disasters in the region. Cape Town-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) gurus, Connection-Telecom, recently implemented an Asterisk solution at the Provincial Emergency Management Centre based at Tygerberg Hospital.

Multimedia Development Corporation to hold Creative Commons competition by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-07 07:38 AM

Malaysians above the age of 17 are invited to take part in the first Creative Commons Malaysia Competition organised by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDC).

Gendarmes dump IE by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-06 01:25 PM

The gendarmerie's 70,000 desktops were being converted to Firefox and its email client Thunderbird because of the navigator's "reliability, security and inter-operability with other state services," said General Christian Brachet, IT director of the police force.

Ubuntu founder asks gov’t to support open source advocacy by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-02-03 09:18 AM

The founder of the new Linux operating flavor called Ubuntu is urging governments to advocate open source technology, not just in a corporate setting but more on the average consumer level.

Novell opens AppArmour source code by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-01-25 04:56 PM

Looking to spread the usage of the AppArmour application security software it acquired when it bought Immunix, Novell announced last week that it would release the software's source code under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and sponsor a project to maintain and improve it.

Linux Security a National Matter by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-01-25 04:53 PM

U.S. taxpayers are now helping to improve open source software code and security thanks to a grant issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

OpenSSL receives FIPS certification by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-24 10:17 AM

The Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), a joint effort of the US and Canadian governments, approved the validation of the OpenSSL open source security toolkit for implementation of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols on Friday.

China signs up for Linux standards by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-19 09:36 AM

Chinese Linux products will be certified by a central lab that has signed up to the Linux Standards Base

Software to open doors for Lao computing by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-17 01:50 PM

THE Information Communication Technology (ICT) branch of the Science, Technology and Environment Agency has recently introduced the concept of Open Source software to government and IT industry officials.

GPL Version 3 Draft Released by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:38 PM

Draft of GPL Version 3 released. New version includes additional measures to protect software freedom from digital rights management and software patents.

U.K. judge frowns on software patents by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-17 09:04 AM

A U.K. judge has questioned whether software patents should be granted, and has criticized the U.S. for allowing "anything under the sun" to be patented.

Taiwanese parliament votes against Microsoft by Kenneth Wong — last modified 2006-01-16 09:49 PM

Taiwan's parliament has voted to end its dependence on Microsoft software, demanding that the government reduce purchases from the software giant by 25 percent this year.

Early support for Creative Commons by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-13 09:25 AM

PETALING JAYA: The Creative Commons approach to intellectual property licensing can help the local arts scene to flourish. But to do this it needs to become common knowledge among copyright holders in the country, said its supporters.

2006 phish tales, part 1: Worse on Linux or Windows? by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2006-01-12 02:13 PM

Phisher phobia has gripped IT users and administrators, thanks to some highly publicized phishing successes -- and some users and admins should be more worried than others. But phishers can be beaten, says Lance James, author of the new book, Phishing Exposed, published by Syngress Publishing. James is the chief technology officer for Secure Science Corp., in San Diego, Calif. James describes ways phishers attack Linux and Windows platforms and which platform is more vulnerable. Plus, he warns about new threats coming in 2006 in part one of this two-part Q&A. In part two, he discusses the ways anti-phishing security has failed as well as the merits of various defenses

U.S. Department of Homeland Security helps secure open-source code by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-12 01:04 PM

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is extending the scope of its protection to open-source software.

BBC News opens archives to public by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-01-04 08:12 AM

The fall of the Berlin Wall and footage of the 1966 England World Cup team are among items released from the BBC News archives for the first time.

MIMOS releases beta of Live CD with KDE in Bahasa Melayu by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-29 03:30 PM

The first release candidate of Live CD with KDE in Bahasa Melayu has been released by MIMOS to the community.

Financial institutions lead march to Linux in Korea by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-29 03:03 PM

In the latest in a series of moves aimed at getting Korean government institutions to move away from their reliance on Windows and Unix and adopt open source software, two state-owned financial institutions planned to launch the country's first Linux-based Internet banking services in December.

NepaLinux has been released by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-28 04:43 PM

This project includes a Nepali GNU/Linux distribution 'NepaLinux' comprising of localized GNOME, OpenOffice.org, Mozilla suite, and other utilities that include Nepali Spellchecker, Thesaurus, Nepali Unicode support, etc. This distribution can be used in Nepali as well in English environment.

Open source for governments by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-28 11:00 AM

More and more countries are embracing the collaborative model of open source on a national level to fend off caged IT models. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore’s (IDA) Technology Group has positioned Linux as a medium term technology bet, which means one to three years to mass adoption.

China changes Linux tactics by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-28 09:29 AM

China's Guangdong Linux Center (GDLC) and 27 universities last month set up the Guangdong Leadership of Open Source University Promotion Alliance (GDLUPA) to promote Linux in China's universities.

Australian Victoria State Government ZAPPs largest open source project by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-19 09:58 AM

In what is believed to be the largest open source project ever developed in Australia, Victoria's Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has spent the past two years and $1.2 million on a new content portal which will go live early next year.

Managing the insider threat through code obfuscation by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-18 04:36 PM

Corporations spend billions building effective security protocols, but complacency and a desire for efficiency can soon lead to deviations from security protocols that workers gradually become accustomed to. The result is that small but potentially crippling holes develop in even the most effective systems, creating openings for attackers, including, potentially, insiders. Countering the insider threat requires a comprehensive, multi-tiered approach that includes physical controls, software access controls, and software protection obfuscation.

Vanuatu Grass Roots Go High Tech by Mathew Temar — last modified 2005-12-16 05:27 PM

A small community-based project promises to change the way we deal with technology in Vanuatu. Freswota CRC uses old computers donated by an Australian church group. It combines this hardware with Ubuntu Linux, software specially designed for education in developing countries.

Free, full-featured, still available -- choose any two by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-15 08:45 AM

A community-based firewall is making waves this week as an increasing number of free firewalls disappear from the landscape.

Swiss government switches 3,000 systems to Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-14 12:45 PM

Novell Inc. Tuesday announced an agreement with the government of Switzerland to replace the software in 3,000 of its servers with the company's SUSE Linux operating system. Operational efficiency and cost were key factors driving the Swiss government's decision to move to Linux, according to Novell.

China's Red Flag Sees Desktop as Linux Battlefield by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-14 09:51 AM

The vice president of the dominant Linux supplier in China says government support is creating opportunities for desktop Linux to grow.

Nessus 3 released, remains free by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-14 09:21 AM

Version 3 of the widely popular Nessus vulnerability scanner has been released to the public for various Linux distributions and FreeBSD.

Iran FOSS Project in WSIS 2005 by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 07:59 PM

One of the most important obstacles that all the third world countries, as well as Iran are facing in relation to the information society, is the digital divide. If enough attention is not paid over time the `digital divide not only will exist at an international level, but can also occur within national level. Access to information and communication technology among the people within cities and villages, the rich and the poor, educated and non-educated and finally among men and women is unequal. This multi-dimensional inequality is one of the main obstacles in achieving a sustainable information society.

The What, Why and When of Free Software in India by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-12 01:16 PM

Free software is not yet as media-visible as its breakaway sibling open source. Consider GNU/Linux, for example, which you hear about much less often than you do Linux. Quietly, however, and away from the glare of publicity, a small group of committed techies in India is using its skills to bring more attention to free software.

Kaun Banega KDE Hacker: KDE India Founded by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-12 04:42 AM

A group of enthusiastic KDE users and developers met last week at the FOSS.IN conference in Bangalore, one of the largest Free and Open Source Software meetings in the world, to combine their efforts in various regions of the country under a common banner and build a central platform for all things KDE in India.

Cisco responds to OpenSSL security flaw by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-09 09:32 AM

Cisco Systems on Friday issued a security advisory regarding the use of open-source security software OpenSSL on several of its products. Cisco's advisory follows one issued in October by the OpenSSL Project, which noted that the vulnerabilities could lead to a malicious attacker launching remote code against users' systems.

Trusting software by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-08 02:54 PM

Open-source or closed-source, it's the same issue. Using other people's software has a lot to do with trust. If you don't trust the right people, you're putting yourself at risk.

Simple DoS for Firefox 1.5 by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-08 10:23 AM

An exploit for the new Firefox 1.5 browser was released today that causes a denial of service condition using a simple web page as a trigger.

Bots doing the mambo by Ryan Talabis — last modified 2005-12-07 04:11 PM

A new bot is spreading in the wild, with attackers looking to compromise vulnerable installations of the popular Mambo open-source content management system.

New Zealand Government adopts Plone OSS content management system by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-06 08:22 AM

The State Services Commission is championing the Plone open source solution for content management needs in state agencies.

Macedonia Deploys 5,000 GNOME in Public Schools by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-12-04 04:25 PM

When the Republic of Macedonia decided to deploy Linux in 468 schools and 182 computer labs nationwide, they chose GNOME on an Ubuntu distribution. Arangel Angov met with Darko Arso, Technology Integration Manager at the Education Development Center, to find out more about their reasons for using GNOME.

Ubuntu Certified for IBM DB2 by Russell John — last modified 2005-11-17 08:15 AM

Ubuntu is moving into Enterprise computing with IBM's certification of Ubuntu as “Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux”.

Free/Open Source Software in the office of the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 07:57 PM

With regards to the importance of Information Technology in our country , a group of MPs in a letter to the president have requested the self - sufficiency of IT technologies in Iran from foreign companies .

Name change of the Farsi Linux national project by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 07:46 PM

The name of the “Farsi Linux national project” has been changed to the “Free/Open Source Software national project”.

FOSSFP Technical Essays Series on Free and Open Source Software by fouadbajwa — last modified 2005-11-01 12:47 AM

FOSSFP Technical Essays Series on Free and Open Source Software

The future is open source by fouadbajwa — last modified 2005-11-01 12:46 AM

A news feature published in the Daily DAWN Pakistan

Google Backs Colleges' Open-Source Efforts by Russell John — last modified 2005-10-27 04:22 PM

Anything that puts competitive pressure on rival Microsoft is a good thing, Google says. Google Inc. donated $350,000 to two Oregon universities Tuesday as part of the company's efforts to back open-source software development. The grant to Oregon State University and Portland State University is Google's first academic donation specifically directed toward supporting open-source development, Google said.

MyOSS Edition 6 - The Missing Link by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-10-12 04:50 PM

We're late. But then again, it's better late than never!! So.. We present to you, the latest Edition of the MyOSS Magazine - Edition 6 for your reading pleasure.

CICC Scholarships for OpenSource Interview by zawhtet — last modified 2005-10-11 03:34 PM

Opensource Software and Networking Course Opensource Software Development Course

OASIS submits OpenDocument as ISO standard by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-10-11 09:22 AM

The group behind the OpenDocument standard has submitted the document format to International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a move that could make open-source desktop applications more attractive to governments.

AFP Japan aims to boost state use of free Linux software by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:01 PM

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan aims to switch some government computers to the free Linux operating system and reduce its dependence on Microsoft Windows.

140,000-Plus Linux PCs Deploying to Chinese Schools by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:02 PM

Nearly 150,000 Linux PCs will be rolled out to students in the Jaingsu province, according to an announcement from Chinese distribution company Sun Wah Linux.

Taprobane 0.4.1 LiveCD Launched by Chamindra de Silva — last modified 2005-10-05 01:39 AM

Taprobane version 0.4.1 has been launched with many new features. It has also been recently registered on DistroWatch.

Vista's licensing speeds NSW govt move to Linux desktops by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:01 PM

The NSW Office of State Revenue (OSR) is taking a tough stance against Microsoft's decision to make an enterprise edition of Windows Vista only available to companies that have signed on to its Software Assurance program. The tax collection agency has declared it would rather switch desktop operating systems than lock itself into Microsoft's licensing regime.

Peru Passes Free Software Law - That's Free as in Free Speech by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-28 01:09 PM

Peru has passed its law encouraging procurement of Free Software by the government.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Goes With Open Document by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-24 09:37 AM

It's official. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has posted on its web site its final decision, namely to use only formats that conform to the Open Document format for office productivity applications, a format Microsoft so far does not support, although they are certainly free to do so.

CICC Scholarships for OpenSource by zawhtet — last modified 2005-10-07 02:56 PM

The Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan is offering scholarships for training courses to be conducted in Japan in 2006.

JDS - Resource Development Scholarship by zawhtet — last modified 2005-09-21 06:27 PM

Myanmar Computer Professionals Association and Myanmar Computer Federation invite candidates for Japan Scholarship program!!!

CICC Scholarships in Information Technology for 2005 (Part 4) by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-20 09:27 AM

The Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Japan is offering scholarships for training courses to be conducted in Japan in 2006. Application forms can be obtained from the MNCC Secretariat. Applications must be submitted to the Executive Director, Gabungan Komputer Nasional Malaysia (MNCC) not later than the application deadlines stipulated below.

Massachusetts Mandates Open-Format Documents, Edges Towards Linux by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-17 09:41 AM

The state of Massachusetts will revamp its digital output during the next 16 months to create only open-format documents and is increasing its use of Linux and free and open source software (FOSS) among its workers according to the state's chief information officer.

Indonesia adopts JDS on Linux as a national desktop by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-16 04:53 PM

Indonesia's Ministry of Research and Technology Thursday said it will implement a Java Desktop System (JDS) on Linux as a national-standard desktop, customed-designed for its own culture. This desktop software will be a major component of the new Indonesia Goes Open Source (IGOS) program that aims to help eliminate the "digital divide in the world's largest archipelago," the ministry and Sun Microsystems said in a joint announcement.

Filipinos join celebration of global Software Freedom Day by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-10 08:10 AM

THE PHILIPPINES will join more than 50 countries in the worldwide celebration of Software Freedom Day on September 10, 2005.

In Support of Openness by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-09 10:58 PM

Today the Berkman Center released the Roadmap for Open Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Ecosystems. The Roadmap demonstrates how to build our technological environment to foster interoperability and growth.

Open source software under development by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-07 01:55 PM

The development of open source software in Laos is still low when compared to other ASEAN countries, said a software developer at the Free and Open Source Software Asia-Pacific Consultation II from September 1-4 in Cambodia.

Asia-Pacific Argues in Favour of Free and Open Source Software by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-06 04:00 PM

Siem Reap (Cambodia), Sept 3 -- Twenty countries joined a three-day Asia Pacific consultation on Free and Open Source Software, which ended Saturday evening on an optimistic note which saw non-proprietorial software playing an increasingly important role in this talent-rich, resource-poor region.

FOSSFP has become a partner of World Community Grid, joining the IBM Corporation and a group of leading foundations, public organizations and academic institutions. by fouadbajwa — last modified 2005-09-02 08:15 PM

Change the World . . . with Your Computer FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan Joins World Community Grid

FOSS-Rising - Feature Report on the occasion of FOSSAC'2005 1st National Free and Open Source Software Awareness Campaign, Lahore, Pakistan by fouadbajwa — last modified 2005-09-02 08:13 PM

FOSS-Rising Feature Report has been prepared on the occasion of FOSSAC'2005 1st National Free and Open Source Software Awareness Campaign, Lahore, Pakistan.

Request for expression of interest to manage a sub-regional node of the International Open Source Network by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-02 01:16 AM

UNDP-APDIP would like to bring to your attention this request for expression of interest to initiate and manage a sub-regional node of the International Open Source Network with the guidance of UNDP-APDIP. Please submit your expression of interest by 20 September 2005 to sunil@apdip.net

MyOSS Mag Edition 5 is available for download by Jason Lim — last modified 2005-09-01 11:51 AM

Latest Edition of MyOSS Magazine - Edition 5 (Chronicles of FaTUX) available for FREE download at http://mag.my-opensource.org/

Fijian Spell Checker for OpenOffice Completed by William Blanke — last modified 2007-01-15 02:40 PM

OpenOffice is perhaps the most popular free/open source software word processing program in existence and is available on Linux, a free/open source software operating system, as well as many other platforms. Its spell checker has support for over 37 languages. Aside from Maori, languages from the Pacific islands are lacking. This project has created a Fijian spell check dictionary for OpenOffice.

MCPA Exams by zawhtet — last modified 2005-08-23 07:06 PM

Myanmar Computer Professionals Association's Network Engineer and Software Engineering exams will be held on 20 November 2005 !!!!

Closing Ceremony of Network Security Management Course (CICC) by zawhtet — last modified 2005-08-23 06:33 PM

Closing Ceremony of Network Security Management Course (CICC) was held in MICT park Myanmar, 19.8.2005

Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and FSFE by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 07:49 PM

Inspired by the common interests shared and as an expression of the desire to expand and strengthen the relationship developed between the two institutions, “FSFE” and “AICTC” agreed to start a program on the general term of Free Software.

Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards Primer Draft Published by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-08-16 08:58 PM

UNDP-APDIP's International Open Source Network has produced a draft primer on Free/Open Source Software: Open Standards.

Implementation of On-Site Training Courses (Myanmar) by zawhtet — last modified 2005-08-15 11:08 PM

CICC will conduct the Network Security Management Course (ONSM) from Aug. 8 to 19 and the IT Project Manager Training Course (OPRM) from Aug. 24 to Sep. 20 jointly with Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF) in Myanmar.

Closing Ceremony of Invitational Training Courses (OSD, OSI) by zawhtet — last modified 2005-08-15 11:05 PM

June 24th, 2005 The closing ceremony was held for the Open Source Software Standard System Development Course (OSD) and the Open Source Software Solution Integration Course (OSI) that had been implemented from May 9t

LinuxTag exhibition and conference in Germany by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 07:49 PM

The LinuxTag exhibition and conference is one of the biggest open source events worldwide. Since its initiative in 1996, Karlsruhe, Germany, backed by a prominent community it has been luring itself as one of the most promising annual open source events.

MAMPU OSS Industry/Community Participation Dialogue Session by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-08-12 06:17 PM

The Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), would like to invite Malaysians to attend a dialogue session with MAMPU on the subject of The Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Software Initiative.

Toolkit to Help Governments Navigate the Minefield of Free/Open Source Software Policy in Africa by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:01 PM

There is increasing debate on the role and potential benefits of free/open-source software (FOSS), particularly in supporting developing countries in their attempts to increase the use of information and communication technology (ICT). And as a result, governments around the world are investigating whether and how they can integrate FOSS into their strategies for social and economic development. This document provides information to governments that are considering designing and implementing FOSS policies to support national development goals.

MYOSS Magazine Edition 4 is available download now by Jason Lim — last modified 2005-08-01 10:11 PM

Just to announce that MyOSS Magazine - Edition 4 (The Penguins Are Coming Home)is now officially hitting the street.

Gathering of the Iranian Linux Users in Mashad by Zahra Ahmadi — last modified 2006-05-01 07:41 PM

Second Gathering of the Iranian Linux Users in Mashad

Linux Lays Groundwork for World's Top Supercomputers by Russell John — last modified 2005-07-24 06:19 PM

Linux now leads the pack of operating systems on the Top500 project's list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, the latest of which was released at the International Supercomputer Conference (ISC2005) in Heidelberg, Germany, last month.

Survey on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the South Pacific report published by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-27 12:12 PM

A survey funded by the ICT Capacity Building at University of South Pacific project on knowledge, awareness and usage of FOSS in Pacific Island countries found several issues such as lack of awareness and lack of support structure preventing the adoption of FOSS in the region. It introduces why FOSS is important for the region and recommendations on how these issues can be overcome.

Schools ink deal for open source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-18 08:18 AM

The Education Ministry has signed an 18-month software licensing deal with Novell New Zealand, the ministry's first deal to provide open source software to schools.

Pakistan National Free and Open Source Software Awards by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-25 03:43 PM

Have you made a considerable or a successful contribution to the success of the Free and Open Source Software movement in Pakistan?

Linux Administration Course in MICT (Myanmar) by zawhtet — last modified 2005-07-14 08:11 PM

On 21st July 2005, Linux Administration Training Course will be held in MICT park Myanmar.

Open-source, not Microsoft, best suited to Indonesia by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-12 02:10 AM

In an interview with detik.com, one of Indonesia's top open source activists warned against using public funds to set up a research center that would ultimately profit the software maker. This then raises the question, who will benefit the most out of this potential partnership?

Free/Open Source Software Guide to Localization Published by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-08-10 08:16 AM

UNDP-APDIP's International Open Source Network has produced a guide on Free/Open Source Software Localization.

Open up: Massachusetts and Rhode Island open-source effort might force vendors to change by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-07-10 03:01 PM

Massachusetts and Rhode Island are nurturing an effort that might be the catalyst for widespread deployment of open-source software for state and local governments.

Software patent directive rejected by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-06 07:56 PM

In a shock move, the European Parliament has voted down the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive.

One fifth of Japanese businesses using open source operating systems by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-05 09:34 PM

The use of open-source operating systems in enterprise servers is growing in Japan, with companies citing low introduction costs as the main factor for adoption, according to a recent report by the Japanese government.

MyOSS Magazine - Edition 3 Available Now by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-07-02 12:38 PM

Ow Mun Heng announces that MyOSS Magazine - Edition 3 (We're Edition 3) is now officially hitting the street. This is a community driven Free/Open Source software magazine project which aims to publish monthly.

Norway throws weight behind open source by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-06-30 03:40 PM

Norwegian Minister for Modernization Morton Andreas Meyer is asking all government institutions in the sparsely populated Nordic country to have a plan in place for the use of open-source software by the end of 2006.

Open source battles Microsoft in Ukraine by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-06-29 09:06 PM

A battle for software supremacy within the public and private sectors of Ukraine has begun. Recently, the Ukrainian Parliament registered a "project of law" (the equivalent of a bill in U.S. terms) that may radically alter the manner in which the Ukrainian government procures software. If adopted, it will require government agencies, along with all state-owned or state