Highlights, Photo gallery and future

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for making the Open Source RoundUp 2007 a wonderful and memorable success.

Key highlights:
. A large number of professionals who interacted with the would be professionals
. An insightful product idea presented by Mr. Ananth, a musician as he discussed the requirements of his profession.
. An excellent community discussion by Mr. Sumanth Krishna on Ruby on Rails and Mr. Abhishek Sinha on Java/Spring framework.
. A pragmatic and straight talk by Mr. Yaser Ansari on Project management in Open Source
. A heart to heart discussion on key issues by Mr. Maruthi Sivakumar Vutla which discussing 'CEO/CTO perspective on Open Source'
. The party was real fun with two cakes being cut and lots of tasty snacks from Gokul chat.
. 180 T-shirts being distributed among the delegates.
. The total event expenditure was about INR 21,380.

The Society would like to thank all the speakers - Mr. Mahesh, Mr. Manish, Mr. Rajesh, Mr. Naveen, Ms. Namita, Mr. Srinivas, Mr. Yaser, Mr. Maruthi, Mr. Srinivas Kavuri and Mr. Sumanth, for taking out their valuable time to interact with the community and share their experience.

The Society also thanks the esteemed delegates for such enthusiastic participation and interaction.

The photo gallery has been updated with the photos and the photos have been classified under various sections to provide a logical feel for the entire event. Please visit http://www.twincling.org/node/193

Open Source RoundUp 2008 is scheduled to be held on Saturday, December 13. It will be a full day event at an auditorium. The key focus areas for the year 2008 event are available at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/408410

With the support of the community, we hope to be able to make this year's event a greater success.

Thanks for your patience and understanding !


regards
News & Editorial Team (TSNET)

Ps. we are sorry for the delay in updating the photographs.

Open Source RoundUp 2007 - Linux For You (LFY) Magazine

Dear Friends,

The Society in association with Linux For You (LFY) magazine has brought out a special subscription offer for the members and Open Source enthusiasts.

Now, you can save upto 50% subscription on LFY magazine, when you subscribe using the form available during Open Source RoundUp 2007.

Subscription amount details are available at
http://www.twincling.org/node/183

Attendees can also pay by cheque. You need to add INR 50 for non-Delhi cheque.

You can also win yourself past issue of the LFY magazine. How ? That would be a pleasant surprise.

Linux For You (LFY) is a wonderful and informative magazine that focusses on Open Source software. Please visit the LFY website at http://www.lfymag.com/

So friends, please spread the word around about LFY magazine among your friends and colleagues.

thanks
News & Editorial Team.

Open Source RoundUp 2007 - Career Networking, Resume drop box

Dear Friends,

The community does well, when its members are also doing well !

Todays student is tomorrow's engineer and todays engineer is tomorrow's decision maker.

If the engineers and the decision makers are developing Open Source software or developing products that use Open Source software, then there are opportunities for growth and contribution for the members of the community.

This thought is central to Career Networking forum and Resume drop box facility that has been organized for Open Source RoundUp 2007.

Many of the speakers and companies have elicited interest in Open Source technology skills.

Please see the focus areas:
. Ajax (jquery, dojo)
. Web 2.0
. PHP
. L.A.M.P.
. C / Device drivers
. C++ / STL
. PERL / system automation
. Ruby / Rails
. JEE / JBoss / EJB
. Servlets / Tomcat
. MySQL

In addition to domain/tech interest/expertise, good problem solving skills are required.

This weekend may be a good time to review your resume and highlight the relevant points. Please feel free to submit a copy of your resume with focus area mentioned on the top, to the Career Forum coordinator.

For any clarfications please call helpline on +91-98482 37656 or +91-98492 53753

Registration is FREE of charge, and so make sure that you register for the conference today at http://www.twincling.org

All the best.

regards
News & Editorial Team.