CSI Pune Lecture: The evolution of the open source movement September 16, 2009

The evolution of the open source movement:
Open source software is getting very prominent in the last few years, and is increasingly seen as the future. To truly appreciate the power of this, we need to understand its background. How and where did this whole concept of open source evolve? What were closed systems like? It is a roller-coaster journey with plenty of amazing stories and anecdotes. Apart from this, what are the commercial, legal, and other angles of open source software? This session would cover all these aspects.
Coverage:
• How and where did this whole concept of open source evolve? (Evolution of "closed" systems)
• Milestones in closed systems history
• UNIX, C, and the beginnings
• Richard Stallman and the Open Source Movement
• Linus Torvalds and Linux
• The Browser War
• What is Open Source - The Commercial, Legal, and the Business angle
• Future of Open Source

About the session presenter – Atul Kahate

Atul Kahate has over 14 years of experience in Information Technology in India and abroad in various capacities. He has done his Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and his Master of Business Administration in Computer Systems. He has authored 23 highly acclaimed books on technology and cricket published by Tata McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, and Rajhans Publications on various areas of Information Technology (including editions), titled Web Technologies – TCP/IP to Internet Application Architectures, Cryptography and Network Security, Fundamentals of Computers, Information Technology and Numerical Methods, Foundations of Information Technology, Operating Systems and Systems Programming, Operating Systems, Computer Communication Networks, Introduction to Database Management Systems, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, and Schaum's Series Outlines - Programming in C++, XML and Related Technologies. Two of these are published as international editions worldwide by McGraw-Hill and also been translated into Chinese. He has also co-authored a book in Marathi titled IT t ch jayachay (I want to enter into IT). Several of his books are being used as course textbooks or sources of reference in a number of universities/colleges/IT companies all over the world.

This event is open for all to attend. Free for CSI members and Students, Rs. 100/- for Non-Members, Rs. 50/- for Persistent Employees. Register at: http://www.eventazoo.com/events/csipune/evolution_of_the_open_source_movement/Default.aspx

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