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Open Hardware: Jürgen Neumann of Freifunk.net and Marek Lindner from the Openmoko project about Open Source and Hardware
Submitted by Mario Behling on 27 May, 2008 - 15:34.Jürgen Neumann, one of the initiators of freifunk.net, and Marek Lindner, openmoko developer and B.A.T.M.A.N. programmer, speak about the Open Hardware Initiative event Open Tech Summit in Taiwan.
Open Hardware: Jürgen Neumann and Marek Lindner about Open Source and Hardware from Mario Behling on Vimeo.
Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3658635997245168365
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- Open Tech Summit Taiwan
- Open Pattern Mailinglist: https://lists.openpattern.org/mailman/listinfo/open-hw
- Server name: irc://chat.freenode.net/otstw2008
- Open Pattern Website: http://openpattern.org
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LiMux: Interview mit Florian Schießl über das Linuxprojekt der Stadt München
Submitted by Mario Behling on 25 May, 2008 - 07:48.Ein Vorzeigeprojekt der Freien Software-Gemeinschaft ist das Projekt LiMux der Stadt München. Bei dem Projekt werden die Computerarbeitsplätze und Server der Stadt München nach und nach auf freie Software-Alternativen umgestellt, weg von einer Microsoft-abhängigen Monopolstruktur. Auf der Open Source Meets Business hatte ich die Chance mit Florian Schießl über das Projekt zu sprechen.
Producer: Mario Behling // Kamera: Stefan Koehler
Direkter Link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1615580599839632999
LiMux – Die IT-Evolution ist ein Linuxprojekt der Stadtverwaltung München, das freie Software auf den derzeit ca. 14.000 Arbeitsplatzrechnern der städtischen Mitarbeiter etablieren wird; aufgrund der für die öffentliche Hand in punkto Software-Beschaffung neuartigen Ausrichtung auf Open Source ist LiMux weltweit in den Medien präsent und wird von der proprietären Softwareindustrie und den Befürwortern freier Software gleichermaßen beobachtet. Das Kofferwort LiMux setzt sich aus Linux und München zusammen. Der Zusatz „Die IT-Evolution“ steht im Gegensatz zur „Revolution“, die versucht, durch einen scharfen Schnitt die aktuelle Situation zu ändern. „LiMux – Die IT-Evolution” wird eine langsame, aber kontinuierliche Entwicklung sein, die als Ziel eine modernere, den Anforderungen auf dem Arbeitsplatzrechner besser angepasste IT-Landschaft hat. (Version 23. März 2008, 16:30 Uhr, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux)
Hintergrund zu Florian Schießl, der das Limux-Projekt von der Seite der Stadt München betreut und Stefan Koehler, der von Seiten von Gonicus an dem Projekt arbeitet:
Biographie: Florian Schießl
Florian Schießl (29) ist seit 2003 bei der LiMux-Projektleitung und stellt als stellvertretender Leiter des Linux Client Teams die Ablauffähigkeit des Basisclients und die Koordinierung der Officeumstellung sicher. Linux ist sein ständiger Begleiter seit 1998.
Biographie: Stefan Koehler
Stefan Koehler wurde 1971 geboren. Nach einem Musikstudium wandte er sich der Informatik zu und vertritt aus Überzeugung den Einsatz von Freier Software in Unternehmen und Behörden. Derzeit begleitet er als Berater der GONICUS GmbH die Linuxmigration der Landeshauptstadt München.
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Manel Sarasa CEO of Openbravo, Interview at Open Source Meets Business
Submitted by Mario Behling on 15 May, 2008 - 11:46.I conducted an interview with the CEO of Openbravo, Manel Sarasa. Openbravo is a free and open source software for enterprise resource planning.
We are talking about the story of Openbravo, localization of the software and the business model of the company. Openbravo has currently more that 1500 downloads a day and all together more than 500.000 downloads up to know. 70 partners are acting in more than 20 countries. The download of the software is completely free of charge. Customers can also customize the software and distribute it. The company earns an income by providing services and consulting. It received 5 million Euros funding from investors in the first round.
Our clients are organisations that have chosen to be the owners of their ERP solution and to only pay for the professional support they really need, when they need it. (May 15, 2008, www.openbravo.com)
60 people are steadily employed by the company. One third in the engeneering team, one third in the operations team and one third is employed in other parts, like in corporate services and in the internal consulting unit. "About the community, we estimate that there are thousands of people contributing to the project." Emerging markets and Asia, especially India and China, is a hot topic for Openbravo. "We start to have some good contacts there." The next step in increasing userfriendlyness of Openbravo systems is the one click install with an easy option to keep clients up to date.
Interview: Mario Behling // Camera: Stefan Koehler
Direct Link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3941448881089759658
Openbravo is an open source web-based ERP business solution for small and medium sized companies that is released under the Openbravo Public License, based on the Mozilla Public License. The model for the program was originally based on the Compiere ERP program that is also open source, released under the GNU General Public License version 2. The company is also a member of the Open Solutions Alliance, a non-profit organization working for open-source standardization. The program is among the top ten most active projects of Sourceforge as of January 2008. Development decisions are made by Openbravo, S.L., located in Pamplona, Spain. (Version 22 March 2008, 18:31, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbravo)
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Towards Wireless Open Hardware Routers and WLAN Servers
Submitted by Mario Behling on 7 March, 2008 - 12:50.At the CeBIT I had the chance to talk to some fantastic folks of direct open embedded systems, a new Latvian company that is producing WLAN devices based on the GNU/Linux distributions like OpenWRT, OpenEmbedded and FlashSYS Linux.
In the video they present their devices and some show cases as well as FlashSYS, their own web based firmware for small router computers.
direct open embedded systems is able to produce WLAN devices that can act as small web servers with currently up to 64 GB storage space.FlashSYS environment is a cross-operating system clent-server environment that allows developers to use existing web development skills (HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, Flash, SQLite, and Lua) to build and deploy Rich Internet Applications (RIA) for an embedded system with a very small footprint. (http://openrb.com)
Most of the free and open source companies presented their products in hall 5, which was packed with crowds of people. You can get an idea when you hear the background noise in the video. The interest in free and open source technologies is amazing and ever increasing.
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Europe leader in the adoption of Open Source
Submitted by Mario Behling on 5 February, 2008 - 13:27.I conducted a short interview with Andrew Aitken at Open Source Meets Business. Andrew is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Olliance Group, which is advising large companies like IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, major banks and even the US Navy on their Open Source strategy. At the conference he gave a keynote about The state of commercial open source.
Videolink: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1399202456228324192
Camera: Stefan Koehler
Speaking about Open Source Aitken states that „there are a lot of business opportunities. There are not so many viable business models. It is a big difference.“. According to Aitken there are still opportunities in selling software and subscriptions for Open Source companies: „The successful companies today are selling subscription services, such as RedHat, such as MySQL, SugarCRM, Alfresco and others.“ He continues, „...Adaption (of Open Source) is so widespread. Virtually all major corporations in the world are using Open Source. ... And that is what driving the commerce behind it.“
Andrew gives an interesting example how the US Navy set up little supercomputers based on open source technology on their ships in order to process a whole range of sea data, such as water levels, temperatures and so on. Open Source solutions like that could also be used “for tsunami relief and the [control and observation of the] spread of infectious diseases around the world”, Aitken adds.
At end of the interview Aitken offers an insight of what is going in the Asian market in regards to Open Source Software: “The markets are a bit separate. For instance Japan is a very tough market to break into. And in order to do so you really have to have the support of one of the large companies there. And those large companies are just beginning to understand the opportunity that Open Source presents. I would say Asia is probably three years behind North America, and which is behind five years behind Europe. ... Europe is the leader in the adoption of Open Source, not necessarily commercial Open Source, but Europe is clearly the leader in the adoption of Open Source in general.”
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Videodoku: Bei Freunden in der Ukraine – In der Kirche und im Wodkaladen (Teil 2)
Submitted by Mario Behling on 4 February, 2008 - 16:38.
Videolink: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1952613513333789197
Der erste Tag in Iwano-Frankiwsk. Die Gruppe aus Tutow macht sich auf den Weg und erkundet die Stadt. Auf dem Programm stehen die Kirchen, ein Wodkaladen und ein Besuch beim örtlichen Caritas-Zentrum. Hier singen alt und jung zusammen. Zwischendurch werden die Deutschen Gäste präsentiert und erhalten Applaus, auch Jan und ich, die als Studenten vorgestellt werden. Wozu fragen wir uns, aber möglichst höflich bleiben, ist die Devise und so stehen wir artig auf und bedanken uns. Michael hält eine kurze Rede und verspricht sein Engagement und seine Hilfe fortzusetzen. Auf dem Stadtrundgang begegnen wir alten Bekannten. Einige junge Ukrainer waren mit einer Jugendgruppen zu Besuch beim evangelischen Pastor Sebastian in Tutow. Zufällig treffen wir sie nun. Auch auf der Tour versuchen die Tutower mit ihren Kameras alles penibel fotografisch festzuhalten. Von Neugier getrieben mehr über das Leben in der Ukraine zu erfahren, werden auch die Sprachbarrieren überwindbar. Soviel wie möglich wollen wir vom Leben in der Ukraine erfahren. Eine Fahrt im örtlichen Nahverkehrsbus kommt wie gelegen!
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How to combat child exploitation? Improving economic growth of a country versus ameliorating children’s working conditions
Submitted by Johanna Richter on 4 February, 2008 - 02:09.Globally, nearly 250 million children between five and 15 years work every day (see Meier, 2006: p.172). Putting a focus on the African continent, it indicates that the survival of one in three children depends on work in the region south of the Sahara (see Bass, 2004: p.4ff). Still, it remains difficult to estimate the proper number of working children, as many countries keep – if at all – partial statistics concerning this issue; approximations might therefore be false and underestimated (see Lavalette & Cunningham 2001: p. 3).
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Videodokumentation: Bei Freunden in der Ukraine - Ankunft in Iwano-Frankiwsk (Teil 1)
Submitted by Mario Behling on 1 February, 2008 - 17:08.
Videolink: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1216650022947849904
Für fünf Tage ist die Gruppe um Michael aus Tutow (Vorpommern) in Iwano-Frankiwsk in der Ukraine. Sie wohnen in der Zweiraumwohnung von Lonja und Tanja. Michael kennt sie noch von früher, als sie in der DDR mit der „Roten Armee“ bei der sowjetischen Luftwaffe stationiert waren. Seit der Wende macht er sich fast jährlich auf den Weg besucht Freunde und verteilt Sachspenden, die er in Deutschland gesammelt hat.
Nach mehr als 36 Stunden Fahrt und 9 Stunden Warten an der Grenze kommen sie endlich um sechs Uhr morgens in „Iwano“ an. Lonja und Tanja begrüßen sie zusammen mit ihrer Tochter mit Brot, sauren Gurken und ukrainischen Wodka. Die Sachen, die die Gruppe mitgebracht hat, werden ausgepackt. Gleich probiert Lonja die Kleidung von der Bundeswehr, die Michael für ihn besorgt hat.- Mario Behling's blog
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Interview with André and Benjamin from the FFII at the 24c3
Submitted by Mario Behling on 16 January, 2008 - 14:02.Direct Link http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8339984839794083810
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I love fake
Submitted by Mario Behling on 20 December, 2007 - 14:19.I love fake. During my last trip to Vietnam and China I just realised how much I love fakes and copies. I find them funny and innovative. Shoes, shirts, pants, belts, caps, even computers and telephones.. People are so creative. Actually what I love most is not the real looking fake. I love the real fake be it “Erke”, “Adiboss” or “Nuvea”. I took these pics in Doha, Qatar on December 13. Unfortunately they did not have my size!
Unfortunately they did not have my size!
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