Cebu hosts first RP open source software summit 05/16/2008 | 12:10 PM
<http://www.gmanews.tv/story/95617/Cebu-hosts-first-RP-open-source-software-summit#> <http://del.icio.us/post?url=%27+encodeURIComponent%28%27http://www.gmanews.tv/story/95617/Cebu-hosts-first-RP-open-source-software-summit%27%29+%27&title=%27+encodeURIComponent%28%27Cebu%20hosts%20first%20RP%20open%20source%20software%20summit%27%29+%27&bodytext=%27%20+%20encodeURIComponent%28%27%3Cb%3EMANILA%20Philippines%3C/b%3E%20-%20The%20island-province%20of%20Cebu%20which%20witnessed%20the%20Philippines%20first%20live%20connection%20to%20the%20Internet%20in%20the%20mid-90s%20stakes%20another%20claim%20to%20the%20countrys%20technology%20history%20as%20it%20hosts%20the%20first%20Philippine%20Open%20Source%20Summit%20%28POSS%29%20slated%20this%20June%27%29> *MANILA, Philippines* - The island-province of Cebu, which witnessed the Philippines' first live connection to the Internet in the mid-90s, stakes another claim to the country's technology history as it hosts the first Philippine Open Source Summit (POSS) slated this June. Open source stakeholders, user groups, advocates, and enthusiasts across the world are expected to converge in Cebu for the two-day conference, which will carry the theme, "Understanding the Business Value of Open Source." Spearheaded by the Cebu Business Month 2008 ICT Committee, the summit will be held on June 23 to 24, 2008 at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in Mandaue City. Cebu-based summit director Bonifacio Belen and Winston Damarillo, managing director of co-sponsor Global Gateway Venture Capital (G2VC), said that event will focus on how the open source movement is changing the rules of the game for software developers and users. "If we were to start thinking about creating Filipino intellectual property (IP) for the global market, the good news is that we don't have to start from scratch. Open source offers us plenty of opportunities to build applications on existing open source infrastructure," Damarillo stated. G2VC is a venture capital technology investor focused on open source, software-as-a-service and outsourced engineering services. According to Damarillo, participants will explore a range of issues, including how small, medium, and large corporations and other organizations can best manage the selection, adoption, and management of open source software and how open source software can be implemented for maximum return on investment for organizations of all sizes. "Open Source is simply a manner of distribution and value creation. We look at how technologies that are intended for as broad use as possible can be modified by many constituents and redistributed to their clients with value-added enhancements," he explained. A successful serial entrepreneur, Damarillo is also executive chairman of Exist Global and Morph Labs, and chairman for International Marketing of the Philippine Software Industry Association. Belen said concurrent technology breakout sessions at the conference will feature talks on specific open source operating system and application development success stories. Sessions will feature proof-of-concept presentations by open source experts and pioneers. He said the conference will also host the first national assembly of open source user groups, advocates, enthusiasts, and technopreneurs, along with "Tech Boot Camp" on best practices for creating a start-up company. - * GMANews.TV* -- Froilan S. Romualdo Linux/Windows administrator
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