Articles tagged ‘buildingcommunity’

Mashup camps are the latest incarnation of the remix culture, bringing together the creators of technology, their consumers and enablers, all under one roof.

This year’s Foo Camp remixed brainstorming amongst peers. Focused yet relaxed discussions over a couple of days resulted in ideas and solutions, strengthened social networks and crystalized thoughts into next steps for all.

“Price-slashing” by monopolistic proprietary software companies masks the high costs customers still unwittingly pay. And when this rip-off is endorsed by governments and industry leaders, the digital divide can only widen.

Linux For You’s editor, together with technologists Robert Adkins and Alolita Sharma, met Michael Tiemann, vice president, open source affairs, Red Hat, on his first visit to India in October 2004. Tiemann, with a long string of successes – from being the 23 year old developer of the GNU C++ compiler, to co-founder of a very successful software company Cygnus Solutions, is today part of Red Hat’s founding team and eager to push the benefits of open source to the global frontier. In this wide-ranging interview, Tiemann shares his vision, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit.

Boxed in by falling market share, Sun needs to learn to fly with all players in the open source community.

Technetra keynotes at C-DAC’s Enterprise Linux workshop.

Technetra examined how Linux and Open Source Software (OSS) fit into today’s software ecosystem, comparing Windows and Linux, and discussing the advantages ahead for OSS.

Technetra conducted a one day seminar for DCE’s Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering faculty and students.

Technetra participates at SA’PERE 2004, the annual seminar on Open Source software by Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS), held on April 17th, 2004 at the PHD Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi. Eminent speakers included Robert Adkins (CTO, Technetra) and Alolita Sharma (CEO, Technetra).

Technetra participates at GNUnify, the annual technical festival of Free and Open Source software (FOSS) in Pune, held on February 28-29, 2004.