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By Peter Cheng

A look at China's Linux and open source movement


International open source communities focus on China

Posted in Open Source by Peter Cheng on 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 together in an effort sponsored by China's Ministry of Science and Technology to further cooperate with Europe on open source middleware technologies. The launch of the OW2 Chinese Web site marks the first key milestone of this joint effort.

Professor Wang Huaimin of the NUDT and lead of OW2's China Local Chapter said: "We are proud to be launching the OW2 Chinese Web platform which shows our commitment to develop the open source community in China. Moreover, this platform will be an essential tool in integrating China into the global open source community."

Visit www.ow2.org and www.ow2.org.cn to find out more about OW2.

It's notable that more and more international open source communities are coming to China, and transforming management methodology and technology for the local community and enterprises.

Just two days ago, the Apache Software Foundation launched its event Apache Meetup in Beijing.





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Peter Cheng

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Peter Cheng is a community strategist and open source evangelist, who is based in Beijing, China. In 2003, he initiated the Open Source University program to gather industry experts and help spread open source technology and culture to over 100 universities. In 2007, he organized the Open Source Camp in five Chinese cities, with the aim to enable the open source community to share and exchange ideas and to promote the technology in China. Peter currently runs TargetSource Tech, a company he founded to provide consulting services on enterprise open source software.

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