Day7
CEO Sankalp Semiconductors Visits Software Freedom Week 2008
Mr Vivek Pawar - CEO Sankalp Semiconductors India (http://www.sankalpsemi.com/ ) was the chief guest at the Valedictory of Software Freedom Week 2008.
Mr Vivek Pawar briefed about the FOSS Business Model & stressed on developing Leadership & Entrepreneurial Skills.
He also released the Software Freedom Week 2008 Proceedings Bulletin/Magazine Titled “Ember” & distributed prizes to the SFW [...]
OpenTalk & OpenDebate held on 20/09/2008
OpenTalk (Elocution on Open Source Technologies)
Open Talk is a contest where in participants have to give a talk/presentation on any of the latest Open Source Technologies/Softwares like Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice, GTK+, Blender, Apache Server, Ubuntu, NetBeans to name a few.
It’s an opportunity where students can get the awareness of latest/best open source softwares.
OpenDebate (Debate on [...]
Open Freshers held on 20/09/2008
(Live Demos, Facts & Videos of Best Open Source Softwares)
Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) is software that is made available along with source code as a distinctive feature. It is often available at no cost. Users can use and distribute the software. And if they so wish, they can study the source code and modify it [...]
Java ProStar Contest held on 20/09/2008
The JAVA WORSHOP was followed by a programming contest which was held on 20th September. It gave a platform for the students to showcase their programming skills. The event got a good response since students from many different colleges also actively participated.
The students were given two problem statements for a time duration of 1 [...]
Joomla! Contest on 20/09/2008
Evaluation of websites
Round1
The Websites submitted were evaluated on 19thSeptember,2008 & top 17 teams were short listed for the final presentation on 20th September,2008.
Final Round
The short-listed teams presented their websites before the judges from Sun Mycrosystems Mr.Ashok Patil & Mr. Virendra Reddy.
And top 2 teams were announced as the winners of the Joomla! Event.
Summary
The Event played [...]
OPEN DESKTOP
(Promotion of Open Source Software at schools)
“Freedom of Software is important for everyone, not just software developers…”
Open source software is any computer program with accessible source code. Anyone can change or share any open source program for free (legally and technically).It is often available at no cost.
The Objective of Open Desktop: to teach the children [...]
open desktop schedule & schools visited
Schools visited:
1.St. Antony’s Public School
2.Nirmala Thakkar High School
3.Fathima English Medium School
4.Sakhare English Medium School
5.J.K.High School
St.Antony’s Public School:
DATE:15-09-2008
TIME:2.30pm to 4.00pm
NUMBER OF STUDENTS:110
VOLUNTEERS:Sanjay Bellubbi,Varsha Kampli,Harish Savashe,Santosh Shetty,Rekha Inamati
Students Feedback:
1.Thanks for this wonderful,informative presentation….It is useful for all…We will use open source from today. We will support you for this activity…
2.Thanks for this open source awareness program…We were [...]
Reach out: Vijayanand Road Lines limited (VRL)
Software Freedom Week 2008 , Reach out Team visited about 5 organizations in and around Hubli Dharwad and created FOSS awareness. They took FOSS beyond the SFW Venue.
5. Vijayanand Road Lines limited (VRL)
DATE: 20/09/08
DURATION: 9-10:45AM
ATTENDEES: EMPLOYEES OF I.T. SECTION OF VRL, MAIN BRANCH.VARUR.
GLIMPSE:
INTRODUCTION-
A WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF VRL LOGISTICS, VARUR REGARDING THE [...]