Posts about Open Source Software as of August 18, 2009

The “study” can be found at the following places   http://www.mcit.gov.eg/General/08%20PIRACY%20STUDY%20BSA%20IDC2009518124035.pdf   also found  at the BSA/IDC site ( http://global.bsa.org/globalpiracy2008/index.html ) who seem to have done the report. I really don’t know how they can substantiate this data on our country.   Regards,   Shabbir Software Architect UNIQA KK       On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Factification factia@gmail.com> wrote:   One has to ask why Bangladesh media keeps publishing these bogus reports on Bangladesh uncritically.

An alpha prototype of JHOVE2 is now available. JHOVE2 is a tool for the characterization (i.e., identification, validation, feature extraction, and assessment) of digital objects that is used for digital library and digital preservation purposes. Here’s an excerpt from the announcement : An alpha prototype version of JHOVE2 is now available for download and evaluation (v. 0.5.2, 2009-08-05). Distribution packages (in zip and tar.gz form) are available on the JHOVE2 public wiki at ( http://confluence.ucop.edu/display/JHOVE2Info/Download ).

Jim Whitehurst says that Red Hat is defining a whole new business model… Open source is nothing but a specific instance of the power of participation. It’s applying the power of participation as Facebook or Wikipedia do, specific to computer source code. – SAN FRANCISCO — Red Hat Chief Executive Officer Jim Whitehurst, finishing his second year as head honcho of the world’s most commercially successful open source software company, told eWEEK Aug.

News, OSSRich HoustonAugust 18th. 2009, 5:03pm Hi everyone,Just a quick note to let you all know that version 1.9 of the WinOSSCDRom (700 Megs of open source software goodness) is ready for download. I am still updating the mirror right now but I hope to have that ready soon.You’ll see lots of changes in this version — I added a few new items and removed a few to make room. Almost every package has been updated.

As we select a CMS for my project, I’ve got quite a rant boiling about news organizations and the use of proprietary software. For now, I’ll just tip my hat to Pat Thornton. No related posts.

Shafer homes in on the industry’s expensive efforts to popularize proprietary technology – the subject of an imminent rant as I explore content management software. Related posts: Pat Thornton on proprietary vs. open-source software As we select a CMS for my project, I’ve got… A little history For some time now, I’ve been thinking and writing about…

Via BJ Wishinsky (@anitaborg_org) , via Gerald Thurman (@nanofoo) , a post from the CACM blog, Only the developed world lacks women in computing , by Mark Guzdial. Mark talks about a study that shows that in Malaysia, 52% of computer science graduates are women. Sure, that’s fantastic. But if his headline is anything to go by, I think Mark’s missing the point pretty badly. How did this get generalised from “In one developing country women are in a slight majority” to “Only in the developed world are women in a minority.” Logic fail.

We’re very excited to announce the 1st Annual Latin American Open Source Health Informatics Meeting (IMeCA 2009) in Lima, Peru the 26-31 of October 2009. The principal objectives of the 1st IMeCA 2009 are: Show the benefits of open source electronic medical record software and community development to empower local organizations Understand the issues and needs of health care organizations in Latin America in using such systems Strengthen networks, promote coordination of efforts between

After a great response to our earlier post of 12 free open source games we are going to cover some fantastic 10 addictive open source games that every gamer would easily get hooked on to. 1. The Battle for Wesnoth The Battle for Wesnoth is a free open source turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. You build up a great army by gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans.

Open source customization means use open source software like Magento, Zen cart, Joomla for Ecommerce website development. Open source software is free to use to develop Ecommerce shopping cart website just do to download the free open source code and customize it with clients requirements. Day by day open source becomes popular among web developers because it is easy to use and a fully efficient Ecommerce shopping cart website can be developed using these open source software.