open source

Here are few knowledge links for today

Testing framework in ruby

I would like to present another case study of the work that I've done for testing on ruby for an MNC client of mine. I won't be disclosing the project details, you all can understand why, but I'll try to explain the different challenges that i along with the team working on the project faced & how we overcome it. So lets start.

One of my client (security product based company) has their product on linux platform. The frontend is web app & can be accessed by using browser & entire system can be configured, monitored & managed using it. Now this was a very big task to automate the testing of the product, as they have 3 product lines & every product has their own settings etc.

Enterprises using open source software can get cost-effective technical support for over 300 open source software packages

OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced the availability of two cost-effective support packages for enterprises using open source software. These new packages are designed to cover the full spectrum of open source support needs, from development and QA to staging and production.

We know that the Microsoft Silverlight is now the hottest technology in the current market. It is getting more popular nowadays. Currently, Silverlight supports only Microsoft Vista and Windows XP SP2. In order to cater the silverlight features to the common open source user, the open source crowd has plans to come up with what is called "Moonlight". Mono has started building up the Silverlight's version for Linux and open source systems, i.e., Moonlight.

It would be the first time in the world that major IT firms like Oracle, IBM and NEC join hands to market equipment running the free software, the Nikkei newspaper said.
Major information technology firms, including Oracle Corp., IBM Corp. and NEC Corp., will set up a consortium to sell servers and systems running the Linux operating system in Japan, a financial daily said on Thursday.
It would be the first time in the world that major IT firms join hands to market equipment running the free software, the Nikkei newspaper said.

I have already updated a blog entry regarding this weeks significant news items from the world of Open Source software, here, so I'll not cross-post( Look Maa!! I'm learning netiquettes!!)

http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html

Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code 2007 is on! We are now accepting student
applications. We've also published some additional web app
documentation for mentors and organization administrators.

https://barcamp.org/OssBarCampMumbai

!!What
OssBarCampMumbai is proposed to be a camp where we brainstorm/ share ideas/ discuss on the latest in open source world, web technologies. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

Attendees are strongly encouraged to give a demo, a session, or help with one. You can help by taking notes on the wiki, blogging the event, helping to promote the event, or helping with logistics.

RED HAT CHALLENGE

This is your special invitation to participate in the Red Hat
Challenge. The Challenge provides a chance for technology-savvy
business and design school students from top graduate schools
in select countries to compete for a $20,000 grand prize and
a trip to San Diego for the Red Hat Summit.

In addition to the prizes, the Red Hat Challenge provides a
unique way for you to demonstrate innovative thinking to the

Dear Members,

Is open-source still a grassroots social movement made up of idealistic underdogs trying to revolutionize an amoral industry? Or has it become a cloak used by IT vendors large and small to disguise ruthless and self-serving behavior?

Read the complete article here

Hi,

I am looking for development partners for open source CMS as well as some web 2.0 application like forum, multi-ligual website, video upload & share solutions.

Would look forward to hear from companies / individual interested in the business proposal. Even though I am based out of Delhi, am open have the business / development relationship with companies across India.

You can get in touch with me at 9818303131 / 9313411944

Hi all ,

Do you have skills to offer in the domain of IT such as programming, designing, testing, project management etc. ?

Would you like to be your own boss without taking risks associated with starting business ?

Are you disturbed that big companies are getting bigger and bigger at the expense of small companies and their employees ?

Do you realize that you are selling yourself cheap to large companies who profit 10 times to 100 times more than what they pay you ?

Dear Friends,

ChilliSpot is an open source captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller. It is used for authenticating users of a wireless LAN. It supports web based login which is today's standard for public HotSpots. Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) is handled by your favorite radius server.

Binary downloads are available for Redhat, Febora, Debian, Mandrake and OpenWRT. ChilliSpot is an ebuild in Gentoo and compiles under FreeBSD. Source code under GPL is available for other platforms.

Optaros, Inc an IT consulting company specialized in maximizing the benefits of open source software released a catalogue of widely used open source software recently. You can download this from their web site http://www.optaros.com

This one would be truly revolutionary when it comes along!
One of the groups called "open source co-operative", primarily belonging to retail industry (and backed by a manufacturing-based group) recently called a meeting of open-source enthusiasts to explain their concepts of open sourcing the retail supply chain.

No - not just to create open source solutions for retail chains, but to open up the whole logistics for public scrutiny. As customer, you would like to know what is the price at which something was procured at different points in supply chain, before you end up paying at the retail end. And by opening this process, this group wants to create a totally new model to enter booming market, which will hopefully get a major customer backing.