By Ryan Paul | Published: May 15, 2008 - 09:21AM CT

Former One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) security director Ivan Krsti? is
mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. He opened up a
massive can of damning allegations about OLPC earlier this week in a
lengthy tirade on his personal blog. The blog post includes a deeply
pessimistic appraisal of constructionist learning theories and some
harsh words for OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte, but it also offers
some valid and insightful observations about the project's failings
and what can be done to remedy them.
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In the swarming Indian metropolis Mumbai, it can be a gymnastic exercise just to fish in your pocket on the packed city buses and stretch out your paying hand to the conductor. Many commuters have opted instead for a 'smart' and cashless way to pay, provided, in part, by Linux. Named Go Mumbai, it is a prepaid smart card for BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport) bus journeys.

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As of yesterday, International Organization for Standardization
committee SC 34 passed a resolution that effectively assumes
stewardship of Open XML, the document format standard originally
produced by Microsoft, and which is now officially under new
management.
...

The resolution called for the creation of three working bodies within
SC 34, each of the first two being devoted to one of the two document
format suites. The third working group will be devoted to
"interoperability/harmonization between document format standards."
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Backed by Google, a group of respected computer security pros launch
oCERT, an effort to be the go-to place for security incident response
for open-source projects.

Worried about the state of security incident response among
open-source software projects, a group of computer security
professionals has launched an ambitious effort to manage the
coordination of vulnerability warnings and patch release information
between open-source vendors large and small.

The new organization, called oCERT (Open Source Computer Emergency

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Intel bets on open-source for Internet-ready devices

By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 02:15:00 04/06/2008

SHANGHAI, China – Intel is betting on open source as the platform of
choice in powering a new category of Internet-ready devices.

The chipmaker announced Midinux, a version of the Linux operating
system for a new category of non-PC mobile Internet devices (or MIDs)
that run on Intel's Atom processor.

Intel partnered with Asianux, a consortium of Asian open source
companies led by Chinese firm Red Flag, in developing Midinux.

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The OpenOffice.org Community is pleased to announce the release of
OpenOffice.org 2.4, the latest version of the leading open source office
productivity suite. OpenOffice.org 2.4 includes new features,
enhancements, and bug fixes to all its core components. OpenOffice.org
2.4 is available for immediate download from http://download.openoffice.org.

New features:

Users will appreciate changes such as usability improvements in
printing, and further enhancements to PDF handling (OpenOffice.org
creates PDF files 'out of the box' to ISO standard). The default font is

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http://www.infochangeindia.org/analysis236.jsp

India must adopt free standards

By V Sasi Kumar

India should not make the mistake of being pressured to adopt a
non-free standard for computer applications or we could have big
problems in the future

Computers and the Internet have been with us for a number of years
now, and are becoming increasingly popular among those who can afford
them. Internet cafes are making this technology accessible also to a
section of the population that cannot afford personal computers.

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Hi,
Google summer of code for 2008 is now on. Students
interested in developing for open source projects can
check out the site.
As to what google summer of code is, this is
official word...
"Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program that offers
student developers stipends to write code for various
open source projects"

For more info...
http://code.google.com/soc/2008/

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008: The days are getting warmer now. The same warmth could be felt within the FOSS community as well. LINUX For You magazine has finally announced the winners of the FOSS India Awards for this year. There were about 50 approved projects out of which 20 came out as winners. "Actually, all are winners," says Rahul Chopra, editor, LINUX For You magazine. The winners were announced on 15 February 2008, during Open Source India Week, Delhi.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008: The days are getting warmer now. The same warmth could be felt within the FOSS community as well. LINUX For You magazine has finally announced the winners of the FOSS India Awards for this year. There were about 50 approved projects out of which 20 came out as winners. "Actually, all are winners," says Rahul Chopra, editor, LINUX For You magazine. The winners were announced on 15 February 2008, during Open Source India Week, Delhi.

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