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Project Canvas - Ofcom Complaint

The BBC led consortium developing Project Canvas are looking to develop yet another walled garden. As such, the OSC believes this will have adverse consequences for the device and software sector, diminishing consumer choice and causing inevitable consumer harm.

We have asked Ofcom, the industry regulator, to look at the wider effects on the device and software market.

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Barcamp Oxford 2010

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The OSC's Chairman, Gerry Gavigan, will be attending BarCamp Oxford 2010. The OSC are co-sponsors of this year's barcamp, where "...all attendees [are] expected to participate in an active way".

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Guardian Activate 2010

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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

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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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OU, again

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Credit where credit is due. The Open University is offering a course about Linux (see T155 - Linux: an introduction).

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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.

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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