Monthly Archive for January, 2011

Internet Freedom: CDT Statement on Egypt’s Internet Shutdown

The Center for Democracy & Technology took position in response to the news that Egypt had cut Internet access and mobile services, below their press releaseContinue reading ‘Internet Freedom: CDT Statement on Egypt’s Internet Shutdown’

Upcoming Open Source Webinars: BlackDuck, Continuent, Nuxeo

Managing Open Source Software Legal Issues in M&A - Angela Zeigenhorn, a Director in Symantec’s Legal Department, along with Karen Copenhaver of Choate Hall & Stewart and Mark Radcliffe of DLA Piper will discuss strategy and perspective on this subject, how they approach it based on their years of experience, and recommendations.
Fri, February 04, 2011 11:30 am EST

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OpenOffice.org 3.3: Download it Now!

The OpenOffice.org Project yesterday just announced the availability of OpenOffice.org 3.3, see the full list of the last release. Continue reading ‘OpenOffice.org 3.3: Download it Now!’

Upcoming Open Source Webinars: Mylyn, SugarCRM, WaveMaker

The Evaluator’s Guide to Getting Started with WaveMaker Enterprise - An interactive tour lead by a Senior Architect that includes a brief architectural overview, a demonstration of WaveMaker Development Studio and a Q&A session.
Wed, January 26, 2011 9:00 am PST Continue reading ‘Upcoming Open Source Webinars: Mylyn, SugarCRM, WaveMaker’

Open Source Think Tank 2011: Registrations are Open!

Olliance Group today announced that registrations for the 6th Annual Spring Edition of the Open Source Think Tank, are open.

The Open Source Think Tank (agenda) will be held April 7–9, 2011 in Sonoma, CA at the Sonoma Mission Inn, if you have not been invited you can request an invitation.

Upcoming Open Source Webinars: Eucalyptus, Talend, Zimbra

Putting Private and Hybrid Clouds to work for you - Brady Murray of Eucalyptus and Frank Cohen of PushToTest will discuss the emerging types of private Clouds, how hybrid Clouds adapt to Business Service Management (BSM,) load testing, and production monitoring.
Tue, Feb 8, 2011 9:00 AM PST

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Commercial Open Source Transparency Matters

This week we read a vendor’s feedback to an earlier report about an open source BI platform, and we tried to join the conversation to bring some light over some issues raised in that blog entry.

Below you can read our original comment (awaiting moderation)

SpagoBI summary report points to 22 internet (public) resources, including OW2 forge, Ohloh meta-forge, project’s and vendor’s web pages.

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Public Domain Day

public domain day manifestoOn the 1st of January 2011 has been celebrated the Public Domain Day, an initiative aimed at celebrating the wealth of knowledge, information and beauty that becomes freely available to humankind this day.

Rome and other Italian cities will host events next Saturday.

Take a moment to read the Public Domain Manifesto and sign it if you wish, Creative Commons and other organizations are already supporting it.

ODF Interoperability: Maidenhead ODF Plugfest

ODF Plugfest logoThe fifth ODF Plugfest will take place in Maidenhead (UK) in the Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, on February 24/25th 2011.

The first day will focus on technical interoperability sessions for vendors, while the second day will be a public session.

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Upcoming Open Source Webinars: Jaspersoft, Kaltura, OpenERP

EMEA: Webinar V 4 - See Jaspersoft 4 tackle real-world problems in live demos.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:00 AM (GMT) Continue reading ‘Upcoming Open Source Webinars: Jaspersoft, Kaltura, OpenERP’


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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.