With the strong government support for Software Livre, a growing Linux market in Brasil and modest acquisition price, one
wonders why Conectiva has only been
acquired now. In buying
this South American distributor, Mandrakesoft
co-founder Gael Duval reaffirms a
presence in a country where the Mandrake brand is already known and Debian has more Linux market share than Red Hat or Novell.
Mandrakesoft and Conectiva have downsized considerably since their start-up days. What the combined company will offer by way of
development and services remains to be seen. Brazilian media have not rushed to cover this announcement, although a press call was scheduled for today.
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GUADEC Blotter is back for another season.
Getting GUADEC 6 connected this year is strong support by public agencies in Germany. Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart, the Stuttgart Region Economic Development agency that is hosting this year's GNOME User and Developers European Conference (29-31 May) with GNOME Deutschland, e.V. has an open source initiative that is gaining traction. An area primarily
known around the globe for its automobiles is quietly working to transform a challenged old economy with the same free software that is removing the digital barrier in developing countries. GUADEC is locating to the regal building called
Haus der Wirschaft with the strong support of lead Cornerstone Sponsor
Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs.
As Haus der Wirtschaft has no network available for the hundreds of developers meeting over three days, a team of local volunteers are
working on delivering the required bandwidth in May. Hanno Wagner, Joerg Hoh and Murray Cumming surveyed the building for electrical outlets and potential access points on Wednesday
afternoon.
Assisting GNOME Foundation in the outreach to German businesses for User
Day will be MFG Baden-Württemberg, the federal agency working for IT and media.
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Don't live to geek; geek to live.
- lifehacker
Umm. Ok.
For the early adopter who has everything, Gawker Media brings you lifehacker.
Sponsored by Sony, the site explains blog, quotes Richard Stallman and is under a Creative Commons license.
The Good Fight
Eric Raymond has stepped down as President of the Open Source Initiative and a new team is in place. OSI established the Open Source Definition and has set the metric on licenses.
There is no shortage of intelligence at the newly established Software Freedom Law Center. Headed by
Eben Moglen in New York, the center
stands to protect software freedom. The GNU General Public License and its license siblings, have created a multi-billion dollar revenue stream for the members of Open Source Development Lab, which is bankrolling the effort.
Welcome SFLC and good speed!
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