[Fsf-friends] Pune Symbiosis' GNUnify draws big names

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

Pune Symbiosis' GNUnify draws big names

http://www.linux-india.org/index.pl?id=3496&isa=Newsitem&op=show

Brian Behlendorf of Apache will be taking part in the Pune GNUnify event, 
organisers announced. So will some other big names, include MySQL founder David 
Axmark. This year's event will focus on localisation projects, PHP5, Python, 
MySQL and more. There's an awareness-building exercise for school students and 
teachers on the first day of the event (Feb 13, 2005) followed by an 
installfest and more.

Organisers announced today (February 7, 2005) that they were to have Apache 
co-founder Brian Behlendorf taking part in the event.

(Apache HTTP Server is an open source HTTP web server for Unix platforms -- 
BSD, Linux, and UNIX systems -- and Microsoft Windows, and other platforms. 
Apache features highly configurable error messages, DBMS-based authentication 
databases, and content negotiation, it is also supported by several GUIs which 
permit easier, more intuitive configuration of the server. See 
http://gui.apache.org/ The Apache HTTP Server is developed and maintained by an 
open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software 
Foundation.)

In addition, they are to have Robert Adkins and Ms Alolita Sharma from 
Technetra, California, Ms Danese Cooper from Sun MicroSystems, MySQL founder 
David Axmark, and others join their event.

(MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) 
relational database server or RDBMS. MySQL is available either under the GNU 
General Public License or under other licenses when the GPL is inapplicable to 
the intended use. Unlike projects such as Apache, MySQL is owned and sponsored 
by a single for-profit firm, the Swedish company MySQL AB.)

This year's event will focus on localisation projects, PHP5, Python, MySQL The 
Commercial FOSS Database, and more. Visit http://gunify.sicsr.ac.in for details 
or contact gnunify@symbiosiscomputers.com

GNUnify is being organised by students of the Masters of Science in Computer 
Applications -- MSc(CA) degree programme -- of the Symbiosis Institute of 
Computer Studies and Research. SICSR was set up in 1985, and offers several 
full-time and part-time courses.

Each year, they organise this Free/Open Source Software Event. GNUnify aims at 
"contributing and encouraging the use of FOSS", said a release from the 
organisers.

"Initiated in the year 2003, 'GNUnify' is a forum to unite open minds. The 
event aims at spreading teh philosophy of GNU/Linux -- unifying and 
strengthening the use of FLOSS," they said.

Student-organisers said they were successful over the past two years, and had 
made this three-day event happen from February 13 to 15 this year.

Event schedule for this year is as follows:

Feb 13 Linux Eduvantage -- awareness for school students and teachers
Feb 14 Install fest, techie talks, workshops and tutorials
Feb 15 Seminars, panel discussion.

See the story at: http://gunify.sicsr.ac.in


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