Contact: Eddie Salonga
Organization: Bluepoint Foundation
Telephone Number: 534-1077
Fax Number: 534-5873
Email Address: eddie@bluepoint.com.ph
Website: http://bluepoint.com.ph/sfd08/
METRO MANILA – 21 August 2008 – Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in
cooperation with the Commission on Information & Communications
Technology-National Computer Center (CICT-NCC) and Bluepoint
Foundation will celebrate Software Freedom Day with the rest of the
world from 9AM to 5PM on September 20, 2008 at the CICT-NCC Building,
C.P. Garcia Avenue, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is the annual worldwide celebration of
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The goal in this celebration is
to educate the worldwide public about the benefits of using high
quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business.
SFD is a public education effort, not only to celebrate the virtues
of Free and Open Source Software, but also to encourage its use to
the benefit of the public.
Joining the celebration at the NCC are: Fedora Ambassadors
Philippines, LinuxChix Philippines, Slackware Linux Users Group
Philippines (SLUGPhils), Philippine Linux Windows Users Group
(PH-LWUG), Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration &
Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV), and Novare Technologies.
For last year’s SFD, the same organizers conducted a day-long series
of technical seminars. College students, faculty members, IT
professionals, and government employees participated in the
successful celebration.
“This year’s celebration will definitely be more interactive”
according to Kim Murga, SFD Team Leader. “Students from different
universities have already signed up for the live programming and
original FOSS project contests of our Codefest. They will also have
the chance to participate in international FOSS projects and give
back to the Open Source community.”
Aside from the NCC event, there will also be simultaneous
celebrations nationwide by ACOES, Asia Source Pilipinas, Computer
Professionals’ Union, Cordillera Linux Advocacy Network, DabaweGNU,
FOSS USM, FreeIT, GNUinext, Iloilo Linux Users, IT Soc, Junior
Programmers Group, Mindanao Open Source Society, UnPLUG, and UP-ACM.
Interested parties are invited to pre-register online at
http://bluepoint.com.ph/sfd08/. Registration is free.
http://bluepoint.com.ph/index.php?category=press
