21st MobileMonday Taipei Event – Mobile Open Source
Posted on: May 8, 2009 – Filed under: Taipei
Without a doubt, 2008 has been the year where open source has transitioned from a status of early adoption to one of acceptance and endorsement by the mobile industry’s who’s who as a recipe for collaborative software development. The Android launch, the Symbian acquisition and open source roadmap, Intel’s Moblin 2.0 and OpenedHand acquisition, Nokia’s adoption of WebKit as a feature of the S40 platform, the Trolltech acquisition and incorporation of Qt on S60, Purple Labs acquisition of Openwave and Sagem assets, AOL’s Open Mobile Platform… it seems that in the space of just one year open source has transitioned all of a sudden from geekware for Linux enthusiasts to a succesful commercial alternative to closed-door standards. Moving forward, 2009 will be the year of maturity for how open source can be used as a tool for cheaper, faster collaborative software development, which reduces barriers to entry and breeds innovation. This month’s MobileMonday Taipei, we invite two leading companies in the mobile open source world to share with us: what is open-source, why so many licensing restrictions, and why it is such an unstoppable force?
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Event program:
Time: 7PM, Monday, May 18th, 2009
Place: Mary’s Bistro 2 Floor, No.89, Sec 2 Ren-Ai Rd., Taipei City.
Check-in: 7 PM
Presentations & Discussion: 7:30 PM
Presenters:
Nicolas Sauvage, General Manager Asia at Open-Plug
Topic : “Using Open-Source for feature phones? Really?”
Open-Plug provides the only *component-based* framework for embedded systems, offering a unique and proven Software design flow to the mobile industry. They are experts in embedded software and provide Component, Framework and UI Technologies enabling Handset Manufacturers to rapidly adapt their software assets to new consumers and operators requirements.
Mirko Lindner, Senior Developer-Paroli Project at Openmoko
Topic : ” Paroli on Openmoko2009 – a tale of scripting and sharing ”
Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko is currently selling the Neo FreeRunner phone to advanced users and will start selling it to the general public as soon as the software is more developed.
Networking Time: 8:00 PM
