Wednesday Mar 26, 2008
Welcome to day 2 of open source mela. Day 2 started with a presentation from Joe George on "What every Sun employee should know about open source?". The presentation covered basics of open source and also addressed common myths about open source. Building and interacting with communities were also part of the presentation. The audience had lot of questions on legal/copyright aspects.
Some pictures from day 2:
Tuesday Mar 25, 2008
Prof. Andrew Lynn of JNU, a very active crusader of open source will be in IEC to talk about "Why is open source important?".
As per Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, "No amount of fear can stop the rise of free media, or free software (they are the same, after all). The community is vastly more innovative and powerful than a single company. And you will never turn back the clock on elementary school students and developing economies and aid agencies and fledgling universities - or the Fortune 500 - that have found value in the wisdom of the open source community. Open standards and open source software are literally changing the face of the planet - creating opportunity wherever the network can reach."
Monday Mar 24, 2008
An interesting talk on NetBeans awaits those who are
planning to attend the open source mela. This talk on NetBeans
(intended primarily for engineers) by Rohan Ranade covers:
- NetBeans platform and architecture aspects
- Using NetBeans to build applications
This talk will be followed by a demo on checking out source code, compiling source code, and writing enhancements.
Rohan
has been working on the NetBeans platform for the last 1.5 years
primarily on the XML editing aspects. Rohan is a self-made NetBeans
evangelist.
Thursday Mar 20, 2008
Meet Tirthankar Das, the man behind IEC Open Source Mela. He sports an extra dash of color on the eve of Holi. Of course, he looks cool but organizing an event of this magnitude calls for a lot of talent and patience. The main objective of the mela is to generate awareness, participation, and contribution from the IEC community on open source technologies. The whole event is coordinated by the open source initiative team comprising: Suvendu Ray, Joe George, Kesari Mandyam, Swathi Devulapalli, Srinivasan Rengarajan, Veena Damodaran, Bhuvaneswari Panchapakesan, and KNR.
Thursday Mar 20, 2008
Meet the IEC HR team.
Did you think only software groups are gearing up for the open source mela? Well, HR is getting ready for the mela too. But why? In fact, HR is setting up stalls to talk to IEC engineers about hiring, internal job transfers, job statisfaction and so many other things that are closely related to working at Sun. It is an effort from HR to reach out to the ever busy techies. Only an event that is as powerful as the open source mela can bring the IEC geeks from their desks to the mela venue. So, HR is cashing in on the opportunity to reach out to the employees.
Thursday Mar 20, 2008
We are fortunate to have Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Director of Government Strategy for Sun Microsystems, talk to us on "Digital Colonization and Open Source Technologies". The talk will focus on the economics of global IPR regime and the importance of quickly adopting open source technologies.
Besides his strategic role for Sun, Dr. Jaijit is Adjunct Faculty at IIT Delhi, Vice President of IOTA, Government of West Bengal. He is responsible for the creation of the next generation of solutions for governments, based on open standards. He has numerous research papers to his credit in leading journals and conferences. He is the author/co-author of three books on e-Governance including the first book on e-Governance in India, ‘Government On-line – Opportunities and Challenges’ released by former president of India - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Wednesday Mar 19, 2008
Bangalore, the land of hundreds of eateries (or sagar hotels) is now proud to have Open Sagar, a place where open source is served on a platter. The menu card is open and today's technologies are served hot (and possibly free). Open Sagar is hosting a two day open source mela next week.
OpenSPARC OpenPortal OpenJDK OpenSolaris
OpenESB OHAC NetBeans MySQL Indiana
OSDB JavaFX Virtualization OpenOffice DTrace xVM
We have adequate direction signs planted. So you can't lose your way.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008
What is Open Source? Why Open Source? Sun and Open Source?
Everything you always wanted to know about open source...
All your questions are answered at the IEC Open Source Mela 2008!
Learn at the Tech Talks, Lightning Talks, and Demos
Compete at the Open Source Gaming Arcade
Chill out at the Fun Events
Head to the Tryout Booths
There's something for everyone!
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