Article from: http://foss.in/news/fossin2009-event-announcement.html Team FOSS.IN is happy to announce that, with the help of the community, we have been able to finalise the dates (and hence the venue) for FOSS.IN/2009. FOSS.IN/2009 will be held on December 1-5, 2009 (Tuesday through Saturday) at Bangalore’s largest and most modern conference venue – the NIMHANS Convention Centre. The dates and the choice of venue have interesting backgrounds: The Dates Unlike in the past, we decided not to second-guess fate, and let the community [...]
Let me introduce you to FOSSTER ‘09, a FOSS (Free and open source software) workshop and conference on 28th and 29th March 2009 at our campus (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus). Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a contributor to the Open Source movement since 2003 and has developed AmritaVPN that is being used widely. Amrita was awarded the ‘Champion University’ status by Sun Microsystems for its contributions towards Open Source Software such as Open Solaris, Apache Derby and OpenPortal. The Open [...]
The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement has brought about a remarkable change in the way software applications, and computer operating systems are developed; by actively engaging the end user in the process. The success of FOSS has spawned a number of interesting experiments such as the development of open content through sites like Wikipedia, open access and constructive approaches to the creation of knowledge, the growth of open hardware, and various other projects aimed at applying the ideals [...]
ClubHack 2008: India’s own hackers’ convention Organised By: ClubHack Key Dates: Conference Dates: December 6-7, 2008 Complete Scheduled Can be found here. Venue: International Convention Center, SB Road, Pune Fees: INR 1000 for talk sessions, INR 1000 for each workshop. On the spot registration INR 1500 ClubHack2008 will be the second conference in Pune, India. First such conference of India was in December 2007 and was named as ClubHack2007. It was a great success and ClubHack hopes to get more [...]
