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AnnouncementsBrief items GNOME Foundation board election resultsThe results of the 2012 GNOME Foundation board of directors election have been announced. For the next year, the board will consist of Bastien Nocera, Emmanuele Bassi, Andreas Nilsson, Joanmarie Diggs, Tobias Mueller, Shaun McCance, and Seif Lotfy.
Articles of interest Jonnalagadda: outsource vs open sourceKiran Jonnalagadda talks about his personal experience with releasing code under an open source license, and includes a tip for job hunters. "The first person to contribute a patch got hired and became HasGeek’s first employee. HasGeek is now six people. If you’ve never seen us advertise on our own job board, that’s because we don’t have to. We simply hire volunteers who contribute to our code. It works great: we don’t need a ramp up period to get them familiar with our systems, and we don’t need to create fake scenarios for interviews. They are demonstrating capabilities with production code." (Thanks to Biju Chacko)
Why We're Fighting for an Open Cloud (Linux.com)Over at Linux.com, Amanda McPherson, the Linux Foundation's VP of Marketing and Developer Programs, makes the case for the open cloud. "But during any technology shift, users can either gain or lose power, and cloud computing represents both an opportunity and a threat. An opportunity to have more computing power, more cheaply and efficiently. But a threat to give up the freedom won by the open source software revolution. In fact, cloud computing platforms can deliver much more vendor lock in than the old client/server vendor-led worlds ever did." As part of the post, she also announced the schedule for the CloudOpen conference which will be held in conjunction with LinuxCon North America in San Diego, August 29-31.
LF Announces the Finalists in 2012 T-shirt Design Contest (Linux.com)The Linux Foundation has chosen 5 finalists for its 2012 "Inspired by Linux" T-shirt Design Contest. "It's now time for the community to vote on its favorite design. Check out the designs, below, then head to our voting gallery for more information on the artists and to choose your favorite. This year we’ve taken additional steps to ensure a fair voting process. Voters must be registered members of Linux.com and must be logged in to vote. Only one vote per person is allowed." Voting is open until July 3.
FSFE: Fellowship Interview with Bjarni Runar EinarssonThe Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe has an interview with Bjarni Runar Einarsson. "The cloud is easy and convenient… until it isn’t. And when it stops fulfilling your needs, for whatever reason, you may have no recourse except to start from scratch somewhere else. I find it mind boggling how much people have invested in things like Facebook. Thousands of photos, annotations, conversations. Some of which you can copy, but not all. And you can lose access to it in an instant if some automated software routine decides you are an “abusive user” for whatever reason and closes your account. Or even if someone just steals your password."
Education and Certification LPI announces "School-to-Work" Program in SpainThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced a "School-to-Work" Linux training and certification program in Spain. "This program, led by Spanish secondary schools and LPI-Spain, will initially prepare 300 students in careers as Linux professionals and IT trainers."
LPI Linux Essentials Program Available NowThe Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has announced that its Linux Essentials exam is available "at select LPI affiliate locations and IT events in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The single Linux Essentials' exam leads to a "Certificate of Achievement"."
Upcoming Events Linux Security Summit 2012 - Schedule PublishedThe Linux Security Summit will be co-located with LinuxCon in San Diego, California. The summit will run August 30-31, 2012. The schedule has been published.
LCA2013 opens call for sponsorslinux.conf.au 2013 will take place in Canberra, Australia January 28-February 2, 2013. A prospectus for potential sponsors is available. "This is a great opportunity to get in early and take advantage of the sponsorship deals being offered for the conference. The conference routinely hosts 500-700 delegates in a different city each year. Canberra last hosted the event in 2005 for 550 delegates, and this year organisers are expecting it to be even bigger."
Events: June 28, 2012 to August 27, 2012The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
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