A presentation on OpenACS [opensourcearmenia.com]
Tristan Cohen, an X-ArsDigita employee is putting together an interesting presentation on OpenACS for Open Source Armenia. He seems to be working there as part of GeekCorps. Pretty cool.
Notes from the eLearning Supplier Summit [www.internettime.com]
The cost information near the bottom is especially interesting.
Article by Jonathan Peizer of OSI on FOSS and nonprofits [www.nten.org]
The latest N-TEN Report is "Realizing the Promise of Open Source in the
Nonprofit Sector," by Jonathan Peizer, Chief Technology Officer of the Open
Society Institute, http://www.soros.org, sponsored by OSI and distributed by
N-TEN. To read the complete report, please see the N-TEN Reports page at
http://www.nten.org/reports.
EXCERPT: "One of the latest technology protocols to benefit from the magic
bullet buzz is Open Source. I am deeply concerned about this because the
Open Source methodology does show a lot of promise in helping non-profits
take advantage of technology in new ways. In fact it is happening as I write
this article. The idea that applications can be licensed to use or modify
freely has a very powerful attraction. The Open Source methodology is
certainly a viable choice for some of the technology I use, recommend and
fund. However, I don't see it as a magic bullet that will revolutionize the
software development and deployment process for non-profits as some pundits
do; at least not unless it's dealt with in a far more strategic and
realistic context by civil society actors...
Nonprofit Sector," by Jonathan Peizer, Chief Technology Officer of the Open
Society Institute, http://www.soros.org, sponsored by OSI and distributed by
N-TEN. To read the complete report, please see the N-TEN Reports page at
http://www.nten.org/reports.
EXCERPT: "One of the latest technology protocols to benefit from the magic
bullet buzz is Open Source. I am deeply concerned about this because the
Open Source methodology does show a lot of promise in helping non-profits
take advantage of technology in new ways. In fact it is happening as I write
this article. The idea that applications can be licensed to use or modify
freely has a very powerful attraction. The Open Source methodology is
certainly a viable choice for some of the technology I use, recommend and
fund. However, I don't see it as a magic bullet that will revolutionize the
software development and deployment process for non-profits as some pundits
do; at least not unless it's dealt with in a far more strategic and
realistic context by civil society actors...
Open Source Conference in NYC on Oct 8th [www.fcny.org]
I just found out about this conference. I will see I can do a OACS demo there.
http://www.claroline.net/news.php#28
Non-US governments are starting to put significant backing behind open source elearning tools.
Open Source Business Opportunities for Canada's Information
and Communications Technology Sector (ICT) -
A Collaborative Fact Finding Study
http://www.e-cology.ca/canfloss/report/
The final report for this study of open source software (OSS) commissioned by the
Government of Canada and conducted by e-cology Corporation is now available. The main
report is organized in five Chapters that cover the methods and data measured in the
study, the analysis of trends and forecasts of the future. The Appendix contains detailed
information from the study including questionnaire results, profiles, licenses and
scenario workshop report.
and Communications Technology Sector (ICT) -
A Collaborative Fact Finding Study
http://www.e-cology.ca/canfloss/report/
The final report for this study of open source software (OSS) commissioned by the
Government of Canada and conducted by e-cology Corporation is now available. The main
report is organized in five Chapters that cover the methods and data measured in the
study, the analysis of trends and forecasts of the future. The Appendix contains detailed
information from the study including questionnaire results, profiles, licenses and
scenario workshop report.
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