FOSS 2008 ends with a promising future
- Press Release -

Imphal / 30th March 2008

IMPHAL–2ND April, 2008: FOSS 2008, a two-day event of workshops and competition organized by LINUX MANIPUR (LM) at the Manipur University (MU) concluded on April 1 amid hopes for a brighter future. Yaikhomba Athokpam of MU was the winner of the Online Programming Contest.

In the Flowchart and Algorithm competition, first position went to Th. Wangam of St Joseph’s School. He was followed by T Amitchandra of Standard Robert English School and Sanju Chongtham of Don Bosco, Lanjing in the order of merit.

In the Open Category of IT Talent Search Thoudam Ranbir Singh of DOEACC, Imphal secured the first position, followed by Ch. Samananda Singh, New Delhi and Hawaibam Santosh of Eye College of IT and Management in the merit list.

In the Junior Category of IT Talent Search, first position was secured by Leonard Singh of HRD Acadamy, second by Kenneth Maisnam of St. Joseph’s, Imphal and third by M Suresh Kumar of Brighter Acadamy, Imphal

In the Resume Writing Competition, first position was held by Asem Ibemhal Devi of Don Bosco, Bangalore, second by Chabungbam Samananda of JIMF, New Delhi and third by Thakhellambam Millikan Singh of MU.

Lighting the flame for Peace, Progress and Prosperity-FOSS 2008

Over three hundred young Information Technology aspirants from various districts of the state participated in the annual Free and Open Source Software workshop. This year’s theme was "Technology for Peace, Progress and Prosperity". The LM’s message "Go Free and Open Source: You will learn better, it will cut costs, help you innovate and tap the world wide resources" went down well with all the participants.

On the first day, students representing the nine districts of Manipur lit up the ceremonial lamp. In the ego-less spirit of Linux, the event had no chief guest, everybody was a VIP.

Over 18 technical presentations, Linux installation demos, online programming contest, quiz and IT Talent Search were the highlights of the two-day event. Beside speakers from Linux Manipur and Manipur University, there were others from DOEACC and ITCTC. Special invitees on the occasion were Dr H Nandakumar, Pro VC and Uttam Chand Laishram, Director of Dept of Science and Tech & IT, Manipur and many teachers and lecturers.

Linux Manipur team who are mostly software professionals working outside the state urged the students of the state to take the steps forward. LM's vision and the important talks were delivered very effectively. The students were made to feel that they should take the steps forward and that the team members were just the initiators.

On the concluding day, Linux Manipur thanked the MU staff and students who encouraged the event besides all friends from outside the state who contributed, the sponsors – EMA (European Manipuri Association), Computer Gallery - Imphal, E-Pao.net, Haskem - Singapore and Dept of Science and Technology & IT - Manipur. Tejmani Sinam, Head OD, Dept of Computer Science, his team and the students of MU, gave unparallel support to the endeavor of Linux Manipur.

Free and Open Source Software is a term given to a collection of software which falls under two different category 'Free software' and 'Open source software'. Contrary to the general belief, free software does not mean software that comes free of cost. Free here means freedom and the liberty that a user gets in using software.

For further details please visit www.linux-manipur.org

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This PR was webcasted on April 03rd, 2008

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