tOSSad project was mentioned in Linux magazine. Check
Linux Magazine web site for what they said about tOSSad activities.
15 Reports on Economic and Social Benefits, National Adoption, Usability and Teaching of Free and Open Source Software.
The final newsletter of tOSSad is here for your reading pleasure. Since tOSSad project will officially end on January 31, 2007, the closing meeting will be held during Free Software World Conference III in Badajoz, Spain. The audience will be informed about what tOSSad project has achieved up to now between 16:30 - 18:00 on February 8, 2006.
tOSSad newsletter 7 is out! In this issue, the usability workshop in Bologna, the next tOSSad steering committe meeting, OSS 2007 and the Free Software World Conference to be held in Spain are discussed. We also have a list of other upcoming F/OSS events section. Just click here and download the new, shiny tOSSad newsletter.
The final programme for tOSSad free/open source software usability workshop is prepared. Thanks to the people who have shown their interest, we have gathered a very interesting programme for the audience. Check the usability workshop web page for the talk subjects, the speakers and a summary of their seminars. Note that the workshop is free of charge, and we are looking forward to see you in CINECA on December, 15.
tOSSad project organizes a F/OSS Usability Workshop in Bologna, Italy on December, 15. The workshop will focus on the usability of free and open source software, aiming to build a bridge between the developers and the usability specialists. We welcome anyone interested in design of F/OSS products and involving usability in F/OSS: developers, usability experts, user interface designers and end-users.
The workshop will be held in CINECA. For more information, have a look at the workshop web page - and do not forget to register for the event.
tOSSad partners are gathering again for the next (and last) Steering Committe Meeting. This SC meeting will be fed by individual workpackage meetings (WP1 to WP4) and will last for two days between 15-16 November, 2006 in University of Stuttgart. The preliminary agenda for the SC meeting is as follows:
Wednesday, Nov15th
09:30 - 13:00 Serial management and WP presentations, discussions
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:30 Parallel WP meetings (1st session)
Thursday, Nov 16th
09:30 - 13:00 Parallel WP meetings (2nd session)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Final gathering
tOSSad will be represented in a joint booth during the IST 2006 event in Helsinki between 21-23 November, 2006. The booth, shared by 8 IST FP6 projects , will be located in section 8, along with FP7 support activities. Our stand number is 8E. Come get to see what tOSSad partners have achieved up to now!
An international workshop named "The impact of Free/Libre/Open Source Software on innovation and competitiveness of the European Union" will take place in Brussels, September 28, 2006. The agenda is
here, and registration can be done from
this link.
6th issue of the newsletter is published. Download and see what tOSSad partners are doing, here.