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Event: Global Conference on Open Source (GCOS) 2009 Update

Friday, October 9th, 2009

“Open Source practitioners from around the world will attend the Global Conference on Open Source, 26 – 27 October 2009 in Jakarta“

Jakarta, 07 October 2009, The Global Conference on Open Source 2009 committee held a meeting on October 1 2009 at the Department of Communication & Information Technology’s office to finalize the latest data regarding preparations for the Global Conference on Open Source and the availability of domestic and foreign speakers.

Open source experts that have positively stated their availability to attend and speak at the conference representing governments’ perspective are; MAMPU (Malaysia): Modernizing Public Service Using Open Source, USA: The Importance of Document Format on Government Task, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Serving The Society Efficiently and Effectively, Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Indonesia: Legal and Smart Solution in Building National ICT Capability, and many more (for more information go to http://gcos.info).

Speakers representing the private sector that have also stated their availability are Sun Microsystems: Embrace and Extend: Making Open Source Technologies Complement Incumbent Technologies in the Enterprise, TELKOM: To Open source or Not To Open source: A CIO Strategy and Migration Methodology, IBM: Open Source Adoption in Enterprise, NTT: Big Surge in the Use of Open Source in Mission Critical Systems, and others (for more information go to http://gcos.info).

The academic track has also attracted distinguished speakers. Those attending are CNRS France: The Use of Open Source in the Grid Computing and Data Acquisition System in High Energy and Particle Physics Research Projects, SEAMOLEC: Prospect and Experience in using Open Source for Distance Learning, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University: Open Source Software and Open Data in Biodiversity Research and Education.

GCOS 2009 will also be discussing other topics that include open source in communities and open source in the creative world.

The meeting has also mapped the committee’s preparations related to the workshops and exhibitions that are also part of GCOS 2009, which will be held on October 26-27 2009. The committee is currently preparing three workshops, which are: Character Animation using Blender, Open Source For Health/Medicine, and Network Analysis & troubleshooting @ enterprise.

There are three other events that will be held parallel to the Global Conference on Open Source, which are Asia Open Source workshop, POSS Network Workshop and IGOS Summit 3.

The day after GCOS ends, Oct 28, there will be a Free (Bebas) Software event: Richard M. Stallman, founder of the Free Software Movement and leader of development of the GNU operating system (with which the kernel Linux is typically used) will give a speech to explain the ethical and political ideas of free software, which are differ from the ideas of open source, and how GNU was developed to realize these ethical goals. The talk, entitled: The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System

This event will be held at the 3rd floor Auditorium, BPPT II Building, Jl. M.H. Thamrin 8, Jakarta on October 28 2009 at 09.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. InfoLinux Magazine will host this even, which is open for FREE to the general public.

Let us work together to make the Global Conference on Open Source 2009 a great success.

For more information regarding preparations, schedule and GCOS events please visit GCOS official website http://gcos.info.

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RP 20th in open source activity in government sector

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Would like to share this news about the progress we’re making in the Philippines as regards Free and Open Source Software. Thanks to Roli for sharing.

From the article: Open source adoption still strong in RP
By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 18:34:00 10/05/2009
http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20091005-228524/Open-source-adoption-still-strong-in-RP

MANILA, Philippines – Open source software development, particularly Linux, is seen to have a strong following in Asia Pacific as companies look to incorporate virtualization and cloud computing in their IT infrastructure.

New approaches to IT infrastructure building include managed services and software-as-a-service, which make use of third-party applications provider.

For end-users, these reduce the need for capital and operational expenditures and allow companies to focus more on their core businesses.

“It’s already obvious that open source, cloud computing and virtualization have done a lot for companies in the Asian region. But what about the complexities of implementing these, are they ready?” asked Red Hat Asia Pacific President Gery Messer.

Messer was in the Philippines recently to talk to customers about Red Hat’s latest services. But more than a product pitch, Messer also spoke of trends in open source computing amid the rise of cloud computing and virtualization.

The current economic crisis, Messer said, has somewhat sped up the adoption of open source, cloud computing and virtualization, which helped create a more streamlined system that won’t take up time, physical space, and man hours to manage.

Also, he noted a growing trend is on managed services delivered through telecommunications providers that have their own data centers. This growth is also accelerated by the economic crisis with company budgets slashed to curtail additional expenses and losses.

“Companies now only want to pay for what they are currently using, not what they think they’d be using in the future,” Messer said.

According to a Red Hat study published in April this year, the Philippines ranked 67th out of 75 countries that had overall robust open source activity.

The Philippines, meanwhile, ranked 20th in terms of open source activity in the government sector, largely due to many government-related IT projects running on open source.

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Event: GNOME Asia Summit

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Announcement From: GNOME.Asia

The GNOME.Asia Summit Vietnam Nov.20-22, 2009 in Ho-Chi-Minh-City is one of the top Free and Open Source Software events for developers, enterprises, officials and general users in Vietnam. Please join us!

- Learn more about GNOME, desktop applications and new mobile solutions.
- Take part in a FOSS course and get your own course certificate during the event.
- Participate in the install fest of new programs and make your computer faster and more secure.
- Meet us at the FOSS party and celebrate the fun of getting together with people from all over the world.
- Learn about job opportunities with global and local companies and get in touch with representatives.

The event brings together free and open source software projects from Asia and around the world. More than 500 multipliers from 10 countries are expected to participate in the summit, which is the first international community event of its kind in Vietnam. (more…)

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Event: Helping others / Mozilla Service Week

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Spread Firefox Affiliate ButtonFrom: The SourceForge.net Team

Helping others – it comes naturally to people who write open source
software. Now the Mozilla Foundation is trying to employ the power of the
community in a more direct and hands-on way during Mozilla Service Week
(http://mozillaservice.org/learn_more/volunteer/en_US).

During this week, Mozilla (and SourceForge) encourage you to volunteer in
your community. Tech savvy folks can apply their skills in a variety of
ways. Some ideas from the foundation:

. Teach senior citizens how to use the Web.
. Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of
supporters.
. Help install a wireless network at a school.
. Create Web how-to materials for a library’s computer cluster.
. Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
. Update a non-profit organization’s web site.

Organizations and projects that need assistance can also register to get
help.

As a company and as individuals, we at SourceForge will be participating in
Mozilla Service Week. We encourage you to get out there in your own
community and make a difference!

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Event: Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009
Reference: Rick Bahague
Contact: secretariat@cp-union.com / 4134196 / 09178840096
www.cp-union.com/sfd09

Software Freedom Day (SFD), the largest ever grassroots event promoting and educating the public about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Philippines, will be held on September 19, 2009 with registration starting at 8:00. This international event will be hosted by the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. SFD is an international affair that will be participated in by more than a thousand teams in over 90 countries worldwide, with the Philippine celebration marked by simultaneous events from Luzon to Mindanao that will also be simulcast over the internet.

The morning plenary sessions will introduce what FOSS and SFD is and run participants through its basics, and explain what Free and Open Culture is as the conceptual basis of this software movement. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño will also provide an update on the FOSS Bill that they have sponsored and currently filed in Congress. The Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU), the main organizer of the event, will also be discussing the use of FOSS in social advocacy.

The latest versions of free operating systems and applications can be copied and written on a CD on site. There will also be fun games with exciting prizes as well as software freedom day t-shirts for sale during the event. High quality free software will be available for computers in the office and at home, even be well-polished games for the gaming enthusiasts.

Global participation has relatively doubled since 2008’s record of over 500 participating teams, with over 200 individuals having participated in last year’s celebration. Participants are expected to further increase this year, with more organizations and students from schools such as Adamson University, University of Santo Tomas, Philippine School for Business and Arts, Central Colleges of the Philippines, Asian Academy of Business and Computers and University of the Philippines pledging to participate this year.

The Software Freedom Day 2009 team is composed of CPU, the UST Computer Science Society as the hosts, AdU Computer Science Open Source University Meet-up, AdU Computer Science Society, AdU Web Development Team, Asian Academy of Business and Computers, Blender Users Group, Cybersercurity.Ph, Drupal Users Group, ICAII, Joomla Users Group, LAMP-Pilipinas, PHP Users Group, PUP Taguig Computer Society, Ruby Users Group, TXTPower!, Office of Rep. Teddy Casiño – Bayan Muna Partylist, and the University of the Philippines Linux Users Group.

Those who cannot attend the event but would like to view the live video broadcast may do so visiting http://www.cp-union.com/sfd09. For further information on SFD, visit the international website at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org and http://www.cp-union.com/sfd09 for the details of the local celebration.

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Software Freedom Day Philippines 2009: Open your Minds to Free Software. Participate in SFD 2009!

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Software Freedom Day aims to educate Filipino people about their rights to software freedom. September 19, 2009 is the day when we are going to celebrate it with the rest of the world. The main event this year would be held at University of Santo Tomas in Manila, 8:00AM – 5:00PM.

ORGANIZER:
Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU)

HOST:
UST Computer Science Society

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS:
AdU Computer Science Open Source University Meet-up
AdU Computer Science Society
Asian Academy of Business and Computers
Blender Users Group
Drupal Users Group
ICAII
Joomla Users Group
LAMP-Pilipinas
PHP Users Group
PUP Taguig Computer Society
Ruby Users Group
TXTPower!
Office of Rep. Teddy Casiño – Bayan Muna Partylist
University of the Philippines Linux Users Group

Venue:

Plenary Sessions (8:00-12:00) will be held at the Medicine Auditorium, located at the Medicine Building.

Break-out Jam Sessions (1:00-5:00) will be held at the AMV multi-purpose hall, located at the Accountancy Building.

For more details: Tel: 6324134196 Email: secretariat@cp-union.com
Website: Software Freedom Day

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Microsoft Lists Top 10 Windows Malware, reminds us we’re better off with Linux

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

The top 10 Windows Malware listed by Microsoft based on their MSRT, or Malicious Software Removal Tool covers only 1,776,569 machines according to an article: Microsoft Lists Top 10 Windows Malware in Security Watch. The article further states that “The downside to it is that it searches for and removes a list of malware that is small compared to that of a real anti-malware product.”

The country data (also covering only top 10 countries) of 4,057,285 machines makes it clear that there are a lot of machines not counted in the top 10 list. And since this covers only top 10 countries and only those cleaned by MSRT excluding those undetected and unremovable, makes us think that there are a lot more Microsoft Windows machines around the world that are infected. This shows that Microsoft has lot bigger problem when it comes to malware. And yes, we’re better off with Free and Open Source Software especially Linux OS.

More of the article and data including list of top 10 Microsoft Windows Malware and top 10 Countries can be seen here: Microsoft Lists Top 10 Windows Malware in Security Watch

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Before: HTC phone with Google Android, Now: Nokia follows with its first Linux phone

Monday, August 31st, 2009

With Google’s Linux-based Android powering the HTC Magic (Now in the Philippines through Smart Communications. I also heard Globe is offering HTC Magic and its available in Globe’s outlet in SM Mega Mall — this has to be verified since HTC Magic is not included in the Globe’s website’s list of phone offerings as of today), Nokia is following suit in the use of Linux for its new phone.

The use of Linux will be in parallel with Symbian in Nokia’s high-end product range. Symbian also an open source software and the main platform in Nokia’s phones “controls half of the smartphone market volume — more than its rivals Apple, Research in Motion and Google put together,” according to the article: Nokia Unveils First Linux Phone in Channel Insider.

Although the celphone giant has kept a stable total market share, it is losing “share among more expensive models to the likes of Apple” and this “high-end products are important for Nokia because the company has not only lost market share there but its average selling prices have declined faster than the industry average.”

And “analysts see Linux as a key for Nokia to gain back ground in the coming years” since the focus of business now have shifted from just selling phones to providing “services and software following Apple and Google’s entrances to the market in the last two years.”

Reference: Nokia Unveils First Linux Phone in Channel Insider

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FOSS Event: ASIA SOURCE 3, 07-12 November 2009, Silang, Cavite, Philippines

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Announcement from the International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3

MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!

If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.

The International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3 with support from InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany, ASEAN Foundation, and Open Society Institute Information Program and co-organized by Tactical Technology Collective and Aspiration bring ASIA SOURCE 3 to the Philippines on 7 to 12 November 2009.

The third event of the Asia source camp series, two of which have been held so far – in Bangalore, India in 2005 and Sukabumi, Indonesia in 2007 – the 6-day learn-and-share event will be held at the lush greens
and quiet cool environs of the YEN CENTER – home to the Headquarters and Regional Center for Asia of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) – located in Silang, a landlocked municipality south of Metro Manila, within the historic Province of Cavite.

In the tradition of previous camps, Asia Source 3 will bring in participants from the Asia, who share common goals of pursuing the Free/Open Source Software advocacy and its promotion and use among non-
profit organizations, small-to-medium enterprises and youth networks. (more…)

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Canonical Announces Ubuntu 9.04 for Desktop, Server (Available for downloading starting April 23) and Netbook (April 30) Systems

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, has announced the desktop, server and netbook versions of Ubuntu 9.04.

Canonical on April 20 announced that Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition is free to download from Thursday April 23 along with the server version of the operating system. The netbook version, known as the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix, will be available on April 30.

According to Canonical, Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition delivers a range of feature enhancements to improve the user experience. Shorter boot speeds, some as short as 25 seconds, ensure faster access to a full computing environment on most desktop, laptop and netbook models. Enhanced suspend-and-resume features also give users more time between charges along with immediate access after hibernation. Intelligent switching between Wi-Fi and 3G environments has been broadened to support more wireless devices and 3G cards, resulting in a smoother experience for most users.

Read more of the article at : http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Canonical-Announces-Ubuntu-904-for-Desktop-Server-and-Netbook-Systems-493661/

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