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Software Freedom Week 2008
Intellect is no man’s property…

With a grand debut last year ( 2007 Event report: http://signalspot.com/software-freedom-week-07 2007 SFD Event recognition:http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007/Winners ), we are in for a wider, bigger and grander Open Source promotion this September 2008.
We have as many as 12 open source promo events spread across 6 sections this time in SFW 08 which will open from 15th Sept 2008.

Vision

1) To make a difference to many organizations by replacing commercial and cracked wares they use, by suitable and potential open source contemporaries.
2) To be the major and key promoters of the spirit of Open source in this part of the Country.

1) Reach Out

1) A workshop for the employees and IT managers of HDMC (Hubli Dharwad Muncipal Corporation) on enlightening them with the OpenSource wares (OpenOffice,OpenSource HRMs, ERPs, blogwares,CMS etc) that can make a difference to their work habitat.

2) Software

1) The Java starter - 2 days workshop on Java for the students of all branches and semester students.(Followed by programming & debugging contests)
2) The Debugger - The Java Debugging contest
3) Prostar - The Java Programming contest
4) OpenTalk - Talk on any OpenSource project.
5) OpenDebate: Tech Debate. Topics “NetBeans V/s Eclipse”; “OLPC is the Mission justified?”.
6) Jommla Web Development Contest

3) Business

1) Business Model Presentation: “SUN and OpenSource”; “How does Google make money?”.
2) Mock Stock: IT stock market simulation. (Fun Event).

4) Hardware

1) System Designing: Contest Featuring OpenSPARC.

5) Fun Events

1) Gaming - NFS gaming.
2) Mock Stock: IT stock market simulation.

6) Tech Speak

Tech talk by invited resource person.

And this time we are again back!!! with a bang. The Software Freedom Week 08 will be celebrated from 14th Sept 2008 t0 20th Sept 2008. Team BVBCET(www.bvb.edu) takes immense pleasure to Host this mega open source promo event in this part of Karnataka.

Software Freedom Day (softwarefreedomday.org ), which is globally declared on 20th Sept 2008, will be celebrated as a Software Freedom Week in BVBCET. The event aims at

1) Promotion of the spirit of OpenSource.

2) Provide a competitive platform for the students of this part of Karnataka so that they can explore and exhibit their technical caliber and update their knowledge of the present contemporary technologies.

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