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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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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Scottish Open Source Awards 2009
Salesagility, OSC member, is hosting the 2009 Scottish Open Source Awards
Nominations are now open.
As with previous years, this is a partnership with the Scottish Software Awards. This year, there will be an early-evening Awards party to celebrate the achievements of this year's finalists. The party will be held on Friday, 20th November 2009, in the Forum Building at the Edinburgh School of Informatics.
Registration is free and closes on 20 November 2009
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OSC at Open Source Search, Cambridge
Flax are sponsoring
Open Source Search Cambridge 2009, a free event on 29th September that offers a chance to hear informal presentations from users and developers of open source search systems.
Geoff Gardiner of the Open Source Consortium has been given an
opportunity to speak to the attendees about the OSC.
Currently around 30 attendees are registered from the UK and mainland
Europe, representing around 15 companies plus some universities.
A handful of places remain (at the time of writing)
for any and all members of the open source search communities
to register.
Details of the event are here.
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OSC on BSI IST/41
The Open Source Consortium is to become a member of the BSI IST/41 committee.
Details of IST/41 are described here.
It works on the UK's submission to the ISO on DIS 29500 (Office Open XML, or OOXML).
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