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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Source: Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews

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

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

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

Source: Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews

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

 

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

 

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

Bangladesh Government officials start training on open source software

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

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

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

 

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.