Monthly Archives: July 2010
We plan to double the number of FOSS experts by next year: TechGaruda
Chennai-based TechGaruda Systems is a software solutions provider that aims to dispel the presumption of open source being low-quality and sub-par to proprietary software. An open source professional himself, Vikram Vijayaraghavan, director, TechGaruda Systems talks to Pallavi Arun Verma of LFY about the business and technology myths and opportunities around FOSS.
“We have close to 200 openings for FOSS/Linux professionals in India alone”
Deepak Gupta, associate vice president, technology, GlobalLogic, talks about the opportunities for FOSS and Linux experts in R&D services hubs like theirs.
“We wish to hire 75 FOSS/Linux professionals this year”
Aravind Kumar, chief technology officer, Agriya Infoway, talks about the opportunities FOSS holds for IT companies and professionals.
Netbooks: Facts, Figures, Options and Opinion
A wrap-up of Linux-based operating systems and also the netbooks that are on offer.
“We plan to expand open source team by more than 50%; also open to...
Gokul Muralidharan, open source specialist, Aspire Systems talks about the company’s journey on the open source road and the promise this speed lane holds for FOSS/Linux experts
The Ultimate Organiser for the Console Junkie
Introducing Calcurse, a text-based organiser that can work as your personal assistant
An OS for Personal Computing
Let’s take a look at the BeOS-inspired Haiku OS.
Turbo Charge Python Apps with Speed, Part 1
Python's ease of use, friendliness, "batteries-included" huge standard library, plus add-on libraries, make it one of the most popular languages in the FOSS world....
