Dear Friends, There is a lot of talk about Open Source but very rarely one gets to see or hear about Open Source companies from Hyderabad in particular and India in general.
Open Source Entrepreneurship Forum (OSEF) organized by your society is a first and uniqe event of its kind that focusses on Open Source companies and business. The objective of the event is to bring together entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs and VCs who are focussed on 'Open Source' business opportunities. Ms. Alolita Sharma, a silicon valley veteran and member of board of Open Source Initiative, http://www.opensource.org/ will leading the discussions during this event. Alolita along with Robert Adkins, conceptualized the Linu Asia programme. She blogs at http://opensourcebuzz.technetra.com/ Open Source Initiative was founded by Bruce Perens (former Debian Project Leader) and Eric S. Raymond (author of Cathedral and the Bazaar). OSEF is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 24th May, 2008 from 0930 - 1330 hrs at Seminar Hall - I, 2nd Floor, 'C' Block, I.I.I.T. Campus, Gachi Bowli. This is the first time such an event has been organized with an exclusive "focus on Open Source Business". Any member who is interested in starting a company, building a business on Open Source must attend this event. Please visit, http://osef.twincling.org/ for more details. This also marks the beginning of a collaborative initiative between IIIT Hyderabad and TWINCLING Society. Both are "non profit" organizations with focus on technical excellence, pragmatism and leadership in their respective domains. regards TSNET.
