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12/06/07 - BarCampBelfast
A BarCamp is to be held in the Peter Froggatt Centre at QUB on Saturday 30th June. It's an all day event in the spirit of open source with interactive workshops, talks discussions and anything else you can suggest. BarCamp is a community event run by and for the local open source community. developers, admins, users, abusers...
For more information and to sign up for this event see http://barcamp.org/BarCampBelfast
19/02/06 - Stallman and Perens in Belfast in March
Richard Stallman and Bruce Perens will be speaking in Belfast on 16th March 2006 at an event that is free (as in beer) to attend.
19/02/06 - Free Software Mailing List Announced
The FSFE now have a free software mailing list for Northern Ireland:
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-ni
17/01/06 - EU in for new patent fight - EurActiv
As Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy makes "one final effort" to break the impasse on the EU community patent, campaigners warn that the Commission's proposal could bring back software patents "through the back door". More...
13/01/06 - Judge dreads software patents - ZDNet UK
An Appeals Court judge has questioned whether software patents should be granted, and has criticised the US for allowing 'anything under the sun' to be patented More...
14/12/05 - The state of ICT in Northern Ireland - NewsForge
Invest Northern Ireland, an agency of the UK government, recently funded a whirlwind trip to Northern Ireland by a half dozen journalists in order to show and tell them about Northern Ireland's high-tech industry. More...
12/12/05 - Ireland Open to Open Source - eWeek
Ireland's government is the latest in Europe to consider embracing Linux and open-source software, with initiatives under way to create nationwide Open Source Centers of Excellence. More...
06/12/05 - Irish Eyes Are Smiling on Open Source - eWeek
BELFAST, Northern Ireland—Initiatives are under way to create an Open Source Center of Excellence across Ireland that will provide the expertise to examine and discuss the use and potential of open source going forward. More...
01/12/05 - Digital Rights Ireland Formal Launch - Digital Rights Ireland
December 6th sees the formal launch of Digital Rights Ireland, with a press conference in the Conference Room, Pearse St. Library, Dublin 2 at 11.30am. More...
13/09/05 - AIB embraces Linux-based solutions - Electric News Network
AIB has rolled out Novell Linux-based solutions on both the server and desktop, moving away from IBM and Microsoft systems. More...