Welcome
The Open Source Consortium represents companies that deliver solutions and advice based on Open Standards and Free & Open Source Software.
We serve our members as a trade association, giving members greater influence than they could achieve alone, by providing a collective voice to government and other public bodies.
We serve our members' clients by providing access to independent expertise in Free & Open Source companies.
We campaign ceaselessly for the use of Open Standards in all aspects of public and commercial life, promoting the unique advantages of Free & Open Source Software.
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Barcamp Oxford 2010
The OSC's Chairmain, Gerry Gavigan, will be attending BarCamp Oxford 2010. The OSC are co-sponsors of this year's barcamp, where "...all attendees [are] expected to partic[i]pate in an active way". ... |
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Guardian Activate 2010
Conference - Technology, society and the future: Changing the world through the internet
Thursday 1 July 2010, London, UK. There's a 25% early bird discount until 14th May. |
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Response on EIS
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) has welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Consultation on proposals for the European Interoperability Strategy.
The statement in the current consultation does not go far enough and without further elaboration is in danger of allowing i2010 (the EU policy framework for the information society and media) to be undermined. ...
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More BBC and IPTV: Project Canvas
We wrote at length to express our concerns about Project Canvas at the time
the consultation was opened ([1], details
here).
Our chief concern, then as now, remains that in a world where use of a
computer (netbook, smartphone) is becoming essential, it becomes ever more
important to avoid lock-in to technologies that only enable high-cost access,
do not properly address security issues and wrest control away from the user
of those technologies with little or no recourse.
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OU, again
Credit where credit is due. The Open University is offering a course about Linux (see T155 - Linux: an introduction).
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