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Haiku at Open Source Conference in Venezuela

News posted by koki on Wed, 2007-05-02 02:57

We were pleased to hear that Haiku community member Axzel Marín Graü is scheduled to give a presentation about Haiku at the National Open Source Software Congress (CNSL 3) to be held in Sucre, Venezuela, this coming May 18th and 19th. During his presentation titled "Open Source is not only GNU/Linux. Introduction to Haiku," Axzel will give an overview of the project, talk about the progress made so far in development, and conduct a brief demo to show Haiku in action.

Reaching its third edition in 2007, CNSL is a series of conferences held in 13 different Venezuelan states designed to gather experts, developers and users in the area of GNU/Linux and open source software. The conference was conceived to promote the formation of open source projects at both the regional and national level, as well as the nurturing of local talent.

CNSL 3 Overview

  • Event
      Congreso Nacional de Software Libre (CNSL 3) of Venezuela
  • Place
  • Time
      May 18th and 19th, 2007
      Friday 18: 7:30am - 12:00m & 2:00pm - 6:00pm
      Saturday 19: 8:00am - 12:00m & 2:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Registration

Haiku Lecture at Open Source Event in Brazil

News posted by koki on Sun, 2006-10-01 08:24

Under the sponsorship of Google, BFS Team lead engineer Bruno Albuquerque is scheduled to give a Haiku-related lecture at the upcoming Encontro Mineiro de Software Livre 2006 (Minas Gerais Open Source Forum 2006) to be held on October 10, 11 and 12 at the Ouro Preto City Convention Center. Titled "Haiku OS -- Challenges of Creating an Operating System", the lecture will introduce Haiku with a focus on the technical challenges and the motivations behind the creation of the project. The talk is scheduled for October 12 at 10:00 AM (auditorium #1).

Encontro Mineiro de Software Livre is an annual open source event with an estimated attendance of 500 people that gathers students, users, and developers, as well as private and public companies that offer open source software solutions.

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