Tag: FOSS
Will Certifications Related to FOSS Help You Get a Job?
OSFY reached out to its Facebook community, Linux User Groups and hiring managers for answers to the above question....
First, a candid admission: a story...
We Strongly Believe In FOSS Philosophy: Unmukti
Open source has always been considered to be complicated, which merits intensive training and learning. But nowadays, we have firms like Unmukti, who share...
“We primarily look for people with good programming skills”
As an online tutoring platform, TutorVista customises open source applications to mimic a classroom experience and maintain its database. G Ramasubramani, CTO, TutorVista, tells...
Microsoft: We Don’t Compete with Linux, But with Linux Vendors
With initiatives like the Imagine Cup and PhoneGap Meetup, Microsoft is surely taking many steps forward to engage with open source communities across the...
M.Sc. in FOSS from Anna University: AU-KBC’s C. N. Krishnan Throws...
The real bottleneck in the growth of FOSS in India is inadequate and commercially sustainable deployment with 'real world users'...
Under Anna University's new two-year...
An Interview with Richard Stallman on Freedom, Android, Amazon, Facebook, Steve...
Any government that tells people to teach proprietary software is essentially delivering the country into the hands of a company.
Before you even speak a...
Some Glimpses of the ‘Dark’ Internet in Protest of SOPA/PIPA
Well, the time has come -- January 18, 2012 -- and many of the Free/Open Source Software project/advocacy sites, some popular news/discussion sites, as...
FOSS is __FUN__: FOSS Meets the MBA
How does FOSS development get along with business graduates who know little about the process?
The FOSS methodology recognises that software development is a process...
Aadhaar: A Testimony to Success of FOSS in India!
It is heartening to see how FOSS is powering one of India's most prestigious and mammoth e-governance initiatives -- the Aadhaar project from the...
Some Myths About Open Source Get Busted by Industry Leaders
If you thought Linux was meant only for the geeks, take a look at what the "real" users have to say about this misconception.
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