Hello, A few updates about talks:
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Manjusha Joshi <manjusha.jo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello,* > > *PLUG meeting for month of August 2013 is scheduled on coming Saturday > 3rd August, 4:00 pm @ SICSR > > > These are the details: > Location: SICSR, Atur Centre, Model Colony, Pune > Room No 704, 7th floor ( room no. may change ) > > Time: 4:00 pm (Note the change in the timing) > > Tentative Agenda: > > 1) Talk on Mozilla Firefox plugins and demo of Firefox OS on mobile > : Priyanka Nag > *Firefox add-ons- *(20 mins) - What are firefox add-ons? Why are they useful? - How to install and enable an add-on? - How to disable extensions, themes, and plugins? - How to remove extensions and themes? Reference site: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ *Firefox OS-* (15 mins)* * - An overview - Some information about the current status of the OS - About the manufacturers and supporters - A live feel of the Operating system Reference site: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/ *QAs* (5-10 mins) > > 2) Talk and discussion on Idea of Open Source incubator (business > model based on open source) : Mr. Ashok Saraf (30 mins) > Abstract: Free and Open source software can become an engine of growth for local Indian market of IT based services as we have a very large requirement in our economy for many applications which can not be met with expensive proprietary solutions. Applications like ERP, Product Lifecycle Management, Project Management, Quality Management, Customer Relationship Management are required in each and every commercial establishment. Issue trackers and knowledge Management Systems are required in every organization. There are many good opensource solutions available already for such applications. There is need to customize them for Indian requirements and also need to provide distribution and maintenance mode support besides adding new features in such solutions. The proposed Open Source Software Business Incubator would host entrepreneurs interested in this business space. The business models could be of two types, back end development support services business wherein, the offering would be distro , training, documentation and problem solving support to tier 1 IT service provider would be for more software development type businesses. Second business model would be to actually offer solutions in form of installation, user training , support , updates and back up / restore services. > > 3) QA session. > You can discuss about on going efforts at different places /levels > for popularization of FOSS. Share your experience about it. > > You can discuss about conducting some program based on FOSS technology > at your college/ place. > > You can share your experiences about new Distributions, hardware > compatibility issues etc. > > One can exchange CDs, DVDs of new versions. > > All are welcome to attend the meeting. > There is no fee to attend the meeting. > See you there. > > -- Manjusha _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
