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December 1st, 2006, 10:16 AM
FOSS Workshop (7 December 2006)
The Novell Microsoft deal is causing ructions throughout the OSS community. Is this going to encourage companies to move to Linux, as Novell says, or is this a deal with the devil signifying the death of small OSS companies everywhere? Well, ask Novell yourself.
Peter Hunter, Cape Regional Manager for Novell will deliver a presentation that will cover the key aspects of the agreement reached between Novell and Microsoft, as well as why Novell pursued such an agreement with Microsoft, and the implications of this agreement for customers and the open source community.
If you have any thoughts you would like to share about the latest move in the OSS community, please be there and make yourself heard. We will also so be presenting our draft declaration for the FOSS Forum and would appreciate feedback on that also.
Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you feel would be interested, but be aware that seating limited, so RSVP soon.
There will be a limited amount of time at the workshop for OSS companies to present innovative, new product offerings. Should you have an OSS product offering, please submit a short summary on the product and its relevance to the OSS sector to leigh.holt@citi.org.za and we will select companies to present their products at the workshop. If you have registered yourself for the event, well done! My apologies if you are receiving this invitation for a second time.
Programme
08h00-08h30 - Registration
08h30 - Welcoming address: Viola Manuel, Executive Director, CITI
09h00 - Understanding the Collaboration Agreement between Novell and Microsoft: Peter Hunter, Cape Regional Manager, Novell
09h45- 10h15 - Tea break
10h15 - Company presentations
11h15 - The FOSS Forum: Viola Manuel, Executive Director, CITI
11h30-12h00 - Discussion on ways forward for the FOSS Forum in 2007
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, 7 December 2006
Time: 08h00 - 12h00
Venue: 44 Wale Street, Cape Town
RSVP: email leigh.holt@citi.org.za, 021-409-7000 by no later than Tuesday, 5 December 2006
The Novell Microsoft deal is causing ructions throughout the OSS community. Is this going to encourage companies to move to Linux, as Novell says, or is this a deal with the devil signifying the death of small OSS companies everywhere? Well, ask Novell yourself.
Peter Hunter, Cape Regional Manager for Novell will deliver a presentation that will cover the key aspects of the agreement reached between Novell and Microsoft, as well as why Novell pursued such an agreement with Microsoft, and the implications of this agreement for customers and the open source community.
If you have any thoughts you would like to share about the latest move in the OSS community, please be there and make yourself heard. We will also so be presenting our draft declaration for the FOSS Forum and would appreciate feedback on that also.
Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you feel would be interested, but be aware that seating limited, so RSVP soon.
There will be a limited amount of time at the workshop for OSS companies to present innovative, new product offerings. Should you have an OSS product offering, please submit a short summary on the product and its relevance to the OSS sector to leigh.holt@citi.org.za and we will select companies to present their products at the workshop. If you have registered yourself for the event, well done! My apologies if you are receiving this invitation for a second time.
Programme
08h00-08h30 - Registration
08h30 - Welcoming address: Viola Manuel, Executive Director, CITI
09h00 - Understanding the Collaboration Agreement between Novell and Microsoft: Peter Hunter, Cape Regional Manager, Novell
09h45- 10h15 - Tea break
10h15 - Company presentations
11h15 - The FOSS Forum: Viola Manuel, Executive Director, CITI
11h30-12h00 - Discussion on ways forward for the FOSS Forum in 2007
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, 7 December 2006
Time: 08h00 - 12h00
Venue: 44 Wale Street, Cape Town
RSVP: email leigh.holt@citi.org.za, 021-409-7000 by no later than Tuesday, 5 December 2006