Open Source

By Frederic Muller

A look at China's Linux and open source movement

Open source blog reloaded!

Monday, February 01 2010 06:22 PM

This is with great pleasure that this "little corner of the Web" is resuming activities through another member of the (now famous ;-)) Beijing Linux User Group (BLUG) doing the reporting.

I was reading my predecessors first posts to get a feel of what a..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Jonathan Schwartz, SourceForge, general manager, Open-source Software, China, netbook, software company, blog, Linux

Right time for China to use open source as alternative

Thursday, February 12 2009 11:54 PM

Sun Microsystems' chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, told the BBC he had been asked by the new U.S. administration to prepare a paper on how the use of open source software within government, can improve both security and the cost-effective use of technology. President Barack Obama has already..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Open-source Software, Software, China, small and medium business, desktop, open-source community, CD, Sun Microsystems Inc., benefit

A look at the open source OW2 Consortium

Saturday, December 27 2008 12:54 AM

During the OSCAMP event in Beijing, I had a chance to talk to Cedric Thomas, the CEO of OW2 open source organization. Here's an extract of our conversation:

1. Can you tell me about the origins of the OW2 Consortium? We hear OW2 is the result of a merger..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Middleware, Consortium, Software, China, information technology, job, Inria, France Telecom, open-source community

International open source communities focus on China

Sunday, December 07 2008 09:58 PM

The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing open source middleware announced the launch of its Chinese Web platform.

OW2 members, including leading IT research institutes in China such as Peking University, Academy of Science, Beihang University and the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) have put their strengths..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Middleware, Consortium, China, Peking University, industry, open-source community, Europe, Apache Software Foundation, professor

Time right for young open source companies: Proactum

Sunday, November 16 2008 11:43 PM

During the recent Beijing Open Source Camp, I met with senior executives of Proactum, an open source software company from Finland.

While, generally, everybody knows Finland for Nokia, every one from the open source world knows Finland for Linux.

The executives--Proactum chairman Anneli Koivunen, senior partner Jouko Hyppönen and senior..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Asia, Open-source Software, Finland, Project Management, Software, China, acquisition, board, Europe

OpenOffice Beijing Conference is open

Tuesday, November 04 2008 11:46 PM

The 6th OpenOffice Annual Conference 2008 in Beijing is almost ready. I just got a nice entry pass from the organizing committee--it's all red hot, full of energy and I can feel the power of open source.

The opening ceremony will be held at DiaoYutai State Guesthouse tomorrow morning, where is..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Software, conference, marketing, computer, Peking University, Beijing, graphics

Guangzhou event shows keen interest in open source

Friday, October 03 2008 01:40 PM

After my long trip to Guangzhou, I am now back in Beijing for China's National Day holiday. It is a sunny day today and I have had some free time to look back and write something about my stay down south.

It was Guangzhou's hottest day when we got there. If..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Event, Hong Kong, China, Beijing, blog, Facebook

Google Chrome: yet another reinvention of the wheel?

Monday, September 08 2008 06:37 PM

Google has finally released its new strategic weapon: Google Chrome, a Web browser developed on the Webkit project.

Let's take a look at some key features of Chrome:

1. Open Source?
I'm still a little confused. I was able to find a..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Google Chrome, Web Browser, J2EE, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, toolbar, Google Inc., Web, server

Open source in action--Xi'An

Sunday, August 31 2008 10:37 PM

Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Xi'an Software Park with Sun Microsystems, Intel and Red flag for "Open Source In Action Day". It was my second time in Xi'an; the event also allowed me to better understand the development of software in this ancient city, which has a..... Read more ť

Tags: Open Source, Open-source Software, Software, China, Intel Corp., open-source community, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Flag Software, Chinese company, career development

Let open source communities meet

Friday, August 08 2008 01:47 PM

I've been running the open source community for more than seven years, building Web sites and speaking at
different kinds of user groups, conferences such as Huihoo, Beijing Open Party, BEA User Group, IBM DeveloperWorks, and so forth.

Let's take an overview about technology and open source community from China:

* Open Source..... Read more ť

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Frederic Muller

Running a management consulting firm for a living in China, Frederic is deeply involved in the open source scene. From the local Beijing Linux User Group to the worldwide promotion of software freedom, he currently focuses on reducing the digital divide in poor Chinese schools by building open educational content based on open source software only. Collaborating with the Chinese government on various projects to promote OSS, Frederic has a unique perspective on what is happening now, and what to expect from this challenging environment.