Software Freedom Day 2008
Software Freedom Day is an annual global effort to educate consumers and organizations about the virtues of these technologies and to provide free software to students. Continuing its commitment to open source technologies, Sun is sponsoring Software Freedom Day 2008 events at 130 technical universities and educational institutions worldwide.
This year's SFD celebration will include OpenSolaris "installfests" designed to teach students and other attendees about Sun's open source operating system. Sun executives will also speak at some events, and Sun will be hosting global events for employees and community members.
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Sun's Student Marketing Initiative and SFD
Micheline Nijmeh, Sun's Group Marketing Manager for the Student Marketing Initiative, talks about Software Freedom Day and the role that Sun is playing through the student initiative.
Campus Ambassadors on SFD
Simon Phipps talks with four of Sun's student campus ambassadors from around the world.
- Shampavman Chengeri from Bangalore, India is an OpenSolaris Community Award Winner for a project on RAM Based Boot for Belenix 0.7.
- Ricardo Ayres Severo is from Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil and received an OpenSolaris Community Award for an SMF Manifest Creator at Bairro Universitario.
- Mark McDermott, at University of Texas in Austin, received an OpenSPARC Community Award for Best University Level Lab Project.
- Dr. Sanjiv Bhatia from University of Missouri is faculty advisor to the student recipients of a Community Award for Image Storage and Retrieval in OpenSolaris.
See how our student interns and campus ambassadors get to experience Sun Microsystems up close and personal.
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Jonathan Schwartz Talks About Software Freedom Day
Listen as Sun Radio News host Russ Castronovo talks with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz about Software Freedom Day and the importance of open source software.
Read Jonathan's Op-Ed in Financial Times
Community Members Speak
In this podcast Sun's Chief Open Source Officer Simon Phipps discusses open source technology with Pia Waugh of Software Freedom International, Jono Bacon of Canonical, and John Sullivan of Free Software Foundation.
Other Events Around the World
Local teams around the world organize events during this week, centered on Software Freedom Day, Saturday, September 20. Last year, Software Freedom Day events numbered over 200, and nearly 500 are expected this year.
According to Software Freedom International president Pia Waugh, Software Freedom Day, "Is about creating a digital platform for trust and longevity, particularly in a future where more and more of our lives are dependent upon technology." The goal of reaching out to a broad audience at SFD is, "To foster a general understanding of software freedom and encourage adoption of free software and open standards."
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