SUN open Install Mania is the next big scale event after SFW 07, It is initiated with the following objectives. A brief overview/Goals of Open Install mania 07 We would like to see the practical implementation of the mission of SUN SFW-07 by conducting Install Mania-07, wherein, We will collaborate with the major local PC vendors to see that they install & distribute only the FOSS (Free & Open Source Softwares) when they deliver the assembled PCs.(Open office being the focused product) Target Boys & Girls Hostel PCs and see that only FOSS softwares/OpenOffice/ Replace all the commercial & illegal softwares in the local colleges of this part of Karnataka with their FOSS alternatives. We have planned and scheduled 4 sessions of SUN Open Install Mania, during the times when it is not possible to conduct Tech Demos and workshops due to University Examinations/Internals. November 07 witnessed one such session with the following accomplishments Tasks accomplished (Photos are on their way from Digicam) This month (November 07), we had the first session of one week duration, in which the members of SODC worked for the above mission. We established a collaboration with Computer Shoppee ( Largest Local assembled/branded system/peripheral vendor of Hubli/Dharwad, with 4 Branches), where in All the PCs sold by this company would distribute and Install TheOpenCD (Featuring OpenOffice). In case of Engg Students being the customers, NetBeans & SUN Studio would be pre installed in the bought PCs. We established a collaboration with HiFi.Com ( Largest Browsing Centre with 5 Branches in Hubli/Dharwad), where in All the PCs will be installed with Openoffice ( and Other utilities in TheOpenCD). SODC ExeCom/Code For Freedom Meet We had a general body meeting of SODC and all the class representatives, wherein additional promotion of CFF was undertaken. We are on a verge of Collaborating with the organizing committee of Engineer08 ( http://www.engineer.org.in, one of the biggest Tech Fest in the country which will be held in NITK Surathkal. ), in collaboration with SUN CA of NITK, We will be organizing a SUN Promotion program package ( Including A Talk and a contest) During the Fest. Further Goals/Plans 1) Launching SUN SFW in Belgam and Bagalkot and kick starting SUN promotion in these colleges in association with the CAs of those institutions. As per our discussions with Pooja (SUN CA of KLE Belgam) we will organize it in the second week of Next Sem start (February 07). Pooja had some starting problems in KLE Belgam, so this is a colaborated attempt to set right everything. 2) Super Nova 08- Outshine the SUN..., A SUN tech fest in the next sem beginning which would focus on technical workshops and tutorials based on SUN Technologies, proposed events include 1 Workshop on NetBeans (hands on) 2 Workshop on SUN Studio (hands on) 3 Workshop on Mobile game development & SUN Spots (2 days) 4 Workshop on AJAX, Pearl and other web technologies. This will be organized in collaboration with all the Karnataka SUN CAs. 3) SUN Tech Contest 'plugin' for SUKRITI 08 (SUKRITI is a state level tech fest in BVBCET). Preferably an on spot programming contest. Thanking you, Karthik Kulkarni SUN CA, BVBCET, Hubli This was the encouraging response i received from my manager Ganesh Hiregoudar, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganesh.
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being a SUN campus ambassador... living SUNny days
Friday Nov 30, 2007
Collaborate with the local & major browsing centers and see that only FOSS are used.
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This is Karthik Kulkarni's official SUN blog when he was the campus ambassador (2007 to 2009) during his undergraduate course in B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology (www.bvb.edu), Hubli, India. - www.kulkarnikarthik.com.
