ICE-FOSS ’11- Free Open Source Software Meet @ FISAT

26-27 August 2011

Free and Open Source Software is not at all an alternative to proprietary software but it is the mainstream, said Mr. K Anwar Sadath, Executive Director, IT@ School Project. He was inaugurating the Free Open Source Software meet “ICE FOSS 11 organized by the Computer Science dept. World class open source digital resources are developed and used especially in education sector in India, he said. Kerala is a roll model to others in this regard.

FISAT Chairman Mr. P V Mathew presided. Dr. K V Sundresan, Dr. C Sheela, Dr. U Mini, Dr. Pailo Paul, Mr. E K Rajavarma and Mr. J C Prasad spoke.

Exhibition of academic projects developed by students using Open Source Software was conducted in connection with the event and evaluated by expert team from TCS Kochi. The two day event included technical talks by experts on Open Source Software, workshops and discussions.


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