Hello,
This is to invite you for this month's meeting of BOSUG(Bangalore
OpenSolaris User Group).
This meeting should be of specific interest to some of the foss.in participants.
We will be having a session for those new to open source and are
trying to figure things out. It should also help the new comers
maximum more value from participation in foss.in or in any open source
initiatives.
Date : 17-Dec 2007, Saturday
Time : 6pm - 8:30pm
Venue : Divyashree chambers, Bangalore, INDIA
Agenda : [1] A session for new comers to foss........120mins
-------------short break---------------------------
[2] BOSUG participation in foss.in............30mins
[3] Demo of Indiana preview release..........30mins
Register before: 16-Nov, Friday
REGISTRATION IS MUST. Respond to me off the list (without changing the
subject line).
Venue offers limited seating capacity (~40) and from past experience
we have observed that topics such as [1] gets participants in much
more than regular numbers. Hence, registration is mandatory. Earlier
the response better are the chances.
[1] A session for new comers to foss.................120 mins
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This session is expected to cover a broad range of open source related
topics. This session intended to be 1inch deep and a mile wide to have
a level of detail suitable for a new comer.
- Social & legal aspects of open source
- Development and collaboration aspects
- Various software engineering tools, techniques popular in the
context of foss development
- Content development mechanism, Discussion & Support forums
- Basic ethos
- Some good practices to follow while participating
- Popular and well established open source softwares
- Other misc sub-topics
Suggestions are welcome.
[2] Participation in foss.in ........30mins
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Discussions/Clarifications related to BOSUG participation in foss.in
- OpenSolaris Project Day, BOF/demo, participation of people, other
related discussions,...
[3] Demo of Indiana preview release........30mins
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Preview release of Indiana, an OpenSolaris based distro happened early
this month. This session will be a demo of the same.
best regards
Shiv
