“equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism”
Is time to vote for SourceForce open source community awards 2009, OpenOffice.org has been chosen as a finalist in the category of Best Project for Government.
OpenOffice.org fellows ask to vote for our beloved open source productive suite, and I invite you to do so unless you prefer other candidates (some of them actually like Trisano, Sahana or Medical deserve our attention too).
| Aug | Aug |
| 29 | 30 |
The Software Freedom Conference Kosova will be held on 29-30 of August 2009 in Prishtina (Kosovo), and it will bring together local developers and the international community.
Authors are invited to submit Papers, as a newborn and developing nation the focus will be on the following topics:
Continue reading ‘Kosova SFCK09: The First Free Software Freedom Conference of Kosovo’
The European edition of the OpenSQLCamp 2009, will take place in Sankt Augustin (Germany) on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd within the Free and Open Source Conference 2009 - the German conference now in its fourth year.
The goal of this event is to spread the word about the vibrant communities and large ecosystems around Open Source Databases and to educate the attendees about what alternatives exist to commercial databases. Continue reading ‘Open SQL Camp Europe 2009, 22-23 August, Sankt Augustin (Germany)’
| Sep |
| 14 |
I am pleased to announce details of my second “Building an Effective Commercial Open Source Strategy” workshop, done in partnership with Stephen Walli.
The workshop will be held at the OSIM conference, on the 14th of September in Amsterdam.
Last week, while on a call with Jon Sobel - SourceForge Inc. Group President - I congratulated Jon for SourceForge’s acquisition of Ohloh, and he gave me some insights.
Continue reading ‘SourceForge ’s Ohloh Acquisition and Beyond’
SourceForge just launched the 2009 Community Choice Awards, the fourth edition is open to all FOSS projects, and it includes new categories like “Best Project for Government” and “Most Likely to Change the Way You Do Everything”.
Nominations will be accepted until May 29th, and the ten projects with the most nominations in each category will become finalists. Last year OpenOffice.org won three different awards, let’s see if it will win again.
Appcelerator - the company founded in 2006 by Jeff Haynie and Nolan Wright, that took a first round in 2008 from Storm Ventures - recently released Titanium preview, an open source platform for building desktop applications using Web technologies.
At the open source think tank I met Jeff Kunz, formerly Olliance Group partner and now VP of Business Development at Appcelerator, and I asked him some background about Appcelerator and its business model.
Continue reading ‘Open Source AIR Alternative: Appcelerator, an interview with Jeff Kunz’
| Jun | Jun |
| 12 | 13 |
The Italian Conference on Free Software, now at its third edition, will be held in Bologna on the 12-13 of June.
ConfSL 2009 - now a regular get-together for free software researchers, developers, and open source advocates - will cover economics, legal and technical issues, along with ethical, social and philosophical implications. Four different tracks will cover it all.
I am a member of the scientific committee, and I am really looking forward to the event.
See you there!
The Linux Foundation today announced that credativ - a consulting and service company employing 45 people in its offices in the UK, Germany and Canada - has become member of the Linux Foundation.
As Linux continues to grow in popularity in Europe, companies like credativ become increasingly vital to the Linux ecosystem. credativ’s contributions to the LSB are especially important as Linux grows internationally and different distributions emerge.
Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation, in commenting the news.
Continue reading ‘Linux Foundation Welcomes European IT Service Firm’
On my way back from the Open Source Think Tank I met my friend Fabrizio Capobianco at his office in Reedwood city, and he took the chance to show me his new MobileWe portal, the Funambol’s version of Apple’s MobileMe.
Funambol business model has always intrigued me, and I asked Fabrizio more about how Funambol manages the difference between the community edition and the carrier edition.
Continue reading ‘Open Source Mobile: Funambol’s Differences between Community and Carrier Editions’
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