Time right for young open source companies: Proactum

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 advisor Mikko..... Read more »

Tags: Open Source, Asia, Open-source Software, Finland, Project Management

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OpenOffice Beijing Conference is open

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 »

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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.