Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies sponsors Open Source Conference (NewsForge)

[Posted June 10, 2003 by ris]

Robin 'Roblimo' Miller prepares for a trip to the Caribbean for the first Free, Libre and Open Source (FLOS) Software Conference, sponsored by the Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies (CCMS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Linux Users Group (TTLUG). "Interest in Open Source is accelerating at a fantastic rate in countries where the license fee for a single copy of the most-used proprietary operating system's server version exceeds a sysadmin's monthly earnings. Trinidad and Tobago (TnT) is one such country, even though unlike most Caribbean nations it has oil to export and, as a result, is financially healthier than most of its island neighbors."