Posts Tagged ‘open source’


Software firms support open source technology

June 23rd, 2008

Big names in the software business, including IBM, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, are participating in the Philippine Open Source Summit (POSS) which opens Monday, June 23, and ends tomorrow, June 24, in Cebu City…


National open source user group meet-up slated in Cebu

April 19th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines–A national open source group meet-up is scheduled in Cebu to prepare for an Asian-wide open source conference in October, a co-organizer of the event told INQUIRER.net.
The idea of congregating local open source groups came about after Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) commissioner Monchito Ibrahim acknowledged the growing number of open source [...]


DOST, Peza join forces to spark RP open source development

February 19th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines–The Advanced Science and Technology Institute, a research and development arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) are joining forces to spur open source development in the Philippines, a top official of the science department said.
This government-backed initiative will involve setting up of a physical [...]


UP Manila pushing open source initiatives for SE Asia

November 20th, 2007

MANILA, Philippines — Since April 2006, the University of the Philippines Manila has been leading open source initiatives for Southeast Asia, the head of the project said.
Funded by the Asia Pacific Development Information Program (APDIP) of the UNDP and the IDRC of Canada, the International Open Source Network (IOSN) has set up headquarters in UP [...]


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