Tuesday Jun 30, 2009

The tenth FISL (Forum Internacional de Software Livre or OpenSource International Forum) took place from June 24-27 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and hosted more than 8,000 attendees.

The event was supported by Sun Campus Ambassadors in Brazil who talked about OSUM, including how to join as well as how to create a new club if a student's university does not already have one.  Renato Porto Puccini reported that more than 1,500 students registered in FISL's club in OSUM at the event! 

Sun's Campus Ambassadors also helped with OpenSolaris installations.  One Sun Campus Ambassador estimated that they installed more than 180 OpenSolaris operating systems on Friday alone!  

The Campus Ambassadors also helped answer questions, translate, and spent some time blogging about and taking pictures of the event.  Renato has posted some pictures from the event -- you can have a look here.  Campus Ambassador Diogo has also posted a gallery here.

Make sure you click HERE to see a picture of Brazilian President Lula wearing an OpenSolaris cap, who posed for a picture with some students!

Congratulations to the Sun Campus Ambassadors for helping to make the event a success!

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