Beijing's 2007 Software Innovation Summit

Tuesday, March 27, 2007, was the date of the 2007 Software Innovation Summit – Open Source Software and Trends in Internationalization. The summit was intended to be an annual event, but I am not sure if the event organizers, in particular its Western benefactors, were so inclined to commit to..... Read more »

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Open Office coming to Beijing

At the last Beijing Linux User Group meeting, a member announced that Louis Suarez-Potts, the OpenOffice.org community manager, would be visiting Beijing in April. Large-scale projects, such as Open Office are in dire need to make an imprint on China. For one, China needs to be more active in the..... Read more »

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A proposal for innovation in China

When I look at companies like Red Flag, Turbo Linux, Co-Create and SunWah, I see token open source development houses that are more focused on service and integration. Now, these companies can be great for the community in localizing open source applications and standardizing them for government and financial industry..... Read more »

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Peter Cheng

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.