Kuali Tutorials - Video tutorials of Kuali software, the open source administrative software.

Linux Foundation Launches Free Training Webinar Series to Meet Growing Demand for Linux Professionals - The Linux Foundation offers free Linux Training webinars taught by well-known Linux developers directly building on their own experience. The first will be “Introduction to Embedded Linux” with Jerry Cooperstein.
April 2010.

The Future of Cloud Computing - Transforming Business and IT with Open Source Tools -Red Hat’s value proposition for Cloud computing.
April 8, 2pm EDT.

Equation Numbers in OpenOffice - Learn how OpenOffice turns out to be also an equation editor.

Convert a Row to a Column in Excel the Easy Way - It works with OpenOffice.org too!

Many books on Android are available today, but “Android - Guida per lo sviluppatore” (eng. developers’ guide) is the first Italian book covering the open source Java-based mobile platform developed by Google.

The author, Massimo Carli, prepares the reader to deal with this open source mobile platform in a step-by-step fashion, providing also easy to understand code examples.

The book many topics, includes:

• an introduction to the Android platform, architecture, and tools
• how to build applications
• details creating layouts and views
• Delve into security, development tools and debugging

The book is a complement to the existing Android documentation and it is a great introduction. ]]> http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/03/11/open-source-books-android-by-massimo-carli/feed/ http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/03/11/open-source-books-android-by-massimo-carli/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CommercialOpenSourceSoftware/~3/b76btW7kZCo/ http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/03/10/open-source-webinars-activestate-blackduck-enterprisedb/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:52 +0000 Roberto Galoppini http://robertogaloppini.net/?p=1909 Take Quality Products to Market Faster with Enterprise-Ready Dynamic Languages - Join Lawrence Backman, VP, Quality Assurance at CA, and Jeff Hobbs, Director of Engineering at ActiveState to learn the value of enterprise-class dynamic languages for developing quality applications faster.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2 pm ET.

The Impact of Virtualization Technology on Open Source License Obligations - The webinar will provide an overview of pertinent virtualization technologies, how they work, the issues they raise and perspective on how to address them.
Monday, March 29, 2010, 2 pm ET.

EnterpriseDB Addresses the Keys to Open Source Database Use in its Complementary Webinars Series - EnterpriseDB continues its free webinar series with several additional sessions aimed at assisting decision-makers, database managers and administrators with the selection, performance tuning, and security of open source databases in the enterprise.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 1 p.m. ET.

Oracle’s plans for open source are probably not detailed enough to score, but looking at history is always instructive.

Mike Olson’s experience with Oracle sounds positive in regards of BerkleyDB future.

Many open source projects “made in Sun”  are not competing with Oracle’s products and Oracle will evaluate if they worth the money. The ones competing with Oracle’s products (e.g. Sun Open SSO) are not even mentioned in Oracle’s list of open source projects.

Listening to Michael Bemmer - formerly Director of Engineering for OpenOffice/StarOffice and Communication team and now GM at the Oracle Office Global Business Unit - reiterating that Oracle will remain OpenOffice.org’s main contributor, doesn’t say much.

Oracle to succeed where Sun Microsystems failed - i.e. engaging with the community and turning open source investments into profits - needs to define and implement viable open source strategies for those projects. I believe they can, let’s see how Oracle will move forward in the future.

Registrations are now open, take your chance to listen to the elevator pitches from last year competition.

It has now been three weeks since I started with Canonical, and each day it becomes clearer to me just how massive is the opportunity before Canonical and the Ubuntu community, as well as the great care that must be taken to ensure that we realize this potential.

It’s also becoming clear what I, in particular, can do to help, coming after the successful tenure of Jane Silber, who was Canonical’s COO and is now our CEO:

1. Enterprise.  When most people think of Canonical and Ubuntu, they think “desktop.”  This isn’t surprising, given Ubuntu’s popularity on traditional desktops and industry-changing netbooks alike.  I have been amazed by how deep and wide Ubuntu’s penetration is in this market.  It’s much bigger than I’ve ever seen reported.
2. As popular as Ubuntu has been for personal computing devices, I see an even bigger opportunity in the enterprise, where Ubuntu is already far and away the leading cloud operating system.  Canonical has the absolute right model for cloud computing.
3. My first priority is to ensure that Canonical addresses the enterprise market, predominately through cloud computing, consistently and relentlessly.  We will win in the cloud, but it’s going to take sharp focus.
   

4. Marketing.  Ubuntu is by far the most popular Linux distribution.  Nothing else comes close.  This is a testament to the energy and enthusiasm of the Ubuntu community.  It’s also a result of hard work that Canonical has done over the past several years to seed that community with great technology and strong backing.
5. We will continue to invest in the community, but it’s also time for Canonical to invest more heavily in marketing the value of Canonical, the company, to prospective customers.  People recognize that Ubuntu is the best Linux distribution, but it’s now time to start telling the world about the value that Canonical offers.
6. My second priority is therefore to augment our community outreach with improved marketing to our prospective customers, customers who will help fund the next wave of Canonical and Ubuntu innovation.
   

7. Manage growth.  Canonical employs over 320 people spread across the globe in 29 countries.  The vast majority of our employees work remotely from our London headquarters, as do I.  As we continue to pursue ambitious community activity, technology and design innovation, and revenue growth, we’re going to hire more people and need to make sure we do so in a way that helps employees feel as much a part of the Canonical family as the Ubuntu community.  We are constantly looking for ways to improve processes, tighten communication, and hone our focus, and this will be a major priority for me in 2010 and beyond.

I have worked for some wonderful companies, but never for one with the possibility to have such a broad and deep impact on the industry.  I hope you’ll join me in getting involved.

Matt in closing I’d like to congratulate again for your new job!

The call for papers is now open! Associations, free software researchers, developers, open source companies, public administrations, open source advocates and creative commoners are invited to submit their proposals before 18th of April.

A logo contest is still open, if you want to participate send your before 7th of March.

The Innovatori PA 2010 barcamp, now at its second edition, will take place again at the ForumPA , on the 18th of May. The aim of this unconference is to exploit in real situations sustainable innovation in public services.

The Italian innovators group, a network of over 1600 individuals willing to innovate in the public sector, is the right place to share your ideas and projects before the event.

See you there!