Events

Sri Lankan Free/Open Source Software related events

Lanka Linux User Group Stall at e-Society 2004 (BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 2004-08-13 09:00 AM to 2004-08-15 04:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

Lanka Linux User Group (LKLUG) jointly with Tux Group are hosting a stall at e-Society Exhibition to bring awareness about FOSS. Highlights include a GNU/Linux desktop in Sinhalese, Open Source / Free applications, games, gadgets and much more! If you can't make the event, you can follow what's going on at their real-time web log event url.

Sri Lanka FOSS Convention (Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 2005-09-07 06:00 AM to 2005-09-11 06:00 AM) — by Chamindra de Silva

The Sri Lankan ICT Agency (www.icta.lk) togeather with LSF (www.opensource.lk) and LK-LUG (www.linux.lk) wishes to invite you to participate in the Sri Lanka FOSS week starting on the 6th of September and ending on the 11th. Events will include the FOSSSL developer conference and tutorials, 6th AsiaOSSS Symposium, Advocacy for Schools/Unis, Software freedom day, FOSS CxO conference. The main event that would be of interest to an international audience will be including leading community speakers, founders and fathers from MySQL, PHP, PostgreSQL, Apache, Redhat, Debian, IBM, OSI and Web Services. We warmly welcome you to our country. [click the URL below for more details]

Sri Lanka FOSS Convention Event Information by Chamindra de Silva — last modified 2005-07-28 08:38 PM

The following brochure details the Sri Lanka FOSS convention events. The main event that would be of interest to an international audience will be the FOSSSL "developer" conference which have confirmed speakers such as Rasmus Lerdorf (Father of PHP), Michael Tiemann (Redhat CTO), Bruce Momjian (co-founder of PostgreSQL development group), Martin Michlmayr (last Debian Project Lead), Greg Stein (Apache Chairman), Sam Ruby(IBM), David Axmark (Co-founder MySQL) and Dr Sanjiva Weerawarna (OSI Board Member / Web Services Co-Author). GNU/Linux member is pending.

FOSSSL Developer Conference (Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 2005-09-06 02:00 AM to 2005-09-10 02:00 AM) — by Chamindra de Silva

The FOSSSL05 developer conference is a technical conference and a series of tutorials with contributions from leading community leaders representing the LAMP stack. Keynote speakers include Rasmus Lerdorf (Father of PHP), Michael Tiemann (Redhat CTO, President of OSI), Bruce Momjian (co-founder of PostgreSQL development group), Martin Michlmayr (last Debian Project Lead), David Axmark (co-founder MySQL), Greg Stein (Apache Foundation, Chairman), Sam Ruby (IBM, Apache Member) and Dr Sanjiva Weerawarna (OSI Board Member / Web Services Co-Author).

FOSS-ed 2006 (Colombo, from 2006-02-13 12:00 AM to 2006-04-15 02:00 PM) — by Chamindra de Silva

Empowering your Freedom of Choice in Software Wish you had more choice and control on what you can do with your software systems and applications ? Have no choice but to use pirate software ;or pay high license fees; Have no choice but to invest in anti-virus programs and anti-spyware to protect your data; Wish you could get involved with international communities and world-class projects. FOSS is the Answer!

Apache Conference Asia 06 (Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 2006-08-14 08:30 AM to 2006-08-18 07:00 PM) — by Chamindra de Silva

ApacheCon Asia is the first ever Asian offering of the popular ApacheCon Conference of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). ApacheCon Asia provides an excellent opportunity to experience first-hand what ASF technologies and development communities can do for you and your enterprise.