by renee | Feb 15, 2009 | Other News
On Monday 16th of February 2009, the second preparation meeting of the Curaçao Open Source Association was held. The agenda: * Report on the presentation held at the Kennisplatform, Tue 5 Feb 2009 * Vision and Mission, final version * Program 2009 * Membership If...
by renee | Feb 8, 2009 | In the Press
On Friday Februari 6th, Open Source was in the news on Curaçao radiostation Hoyer. In the noon news show, two promoters of Open Source where interviewed in both Dutch and Papiamentu. Radio Hoyer choose this topic because of the Dutch refusal to pay software licenses...
by renee | Feb 5, 2009 | Other News
On Wednesday Februari 4th, 2009, the first Brainstorm Session of the Curaçao IT network was held at the offices of Jacques A. Heide in Punda, Curaçao. Organizer Tom Bielsma opened the evening with a call for more networking amongst people working in IT. The question...
by renee | Jan 31, 2009 | Other News
On Tuesday February 3th, 2009, the first (foundation) meeting of the Curaçao Open Source Assocation will take place at 18:00 – 19:15 at Stimul-IT, Mortiersweg 5, Curaçao. The proposed bylaws (Dutch) can be found here. More information: kencurth@gmail.com
by renee | Jan 31, 2009 | Other News
The System Administrator of the Department of Finance of the Netherlands Antilles decided to install Ubuntu GNU/Linux on two new servers, saving a lot of money on licenses and a lot of time in maintenance. The servers use Samba and function as fileservers, and...