F.A.Qs

About the Event What is Open Source RoundUp ? Open Source RoundUp 2007 is the event that brings together professionals and practitioners with focus on Open Source in projects, product development, project management, test platforms, embedded systems, kernel engineering, bio sciences and social networking. What is unique about Open Source RoundUp ? Professionalism and Pragmatism in Open Source and Coverage of Engineering stack Focus and bringing to fore the core issues is what makes this event unique compared to any event anywhere. What is the anticipated take home from Open Source RoundUp ? A thorough overview of Open Source technologies, methodologies and tools as used in the industry. This is one place where you get to learn what works, what doesn't, what are the blockers, what are the work arounds, what are the pitfalls ? What do you mean by 'engineering stack' ? Coverage from the Coder to the CEO with progressive buildup. Who are the speakers ? Discussing trends, core issues in Open Source, what are the opportunities and the challenges, will be professionals from organizations like Satyam, Accenture, Tanla, Nokia, AppLabs, CDAC, Pramati, Ocimum Biosolutions and CommVault. What is the Twenty20 model for speakers ? Each speaker has 20 minutes to present h(er)is talk. The emphasis is on highlighting the core aspects of the work, technology or experience. This reduces the theoretical elements and grounds the talk in pratical demonstrable concepts or points. In simple words, you the attendee gets more gyan per minute. Why the Twenty20 model ? The premise is 'interact with the practioners here' and 'read the theory elsewhere'. This makes the message crisp and focusses on insight, and yet saves attendee and speaker time. What is in it for me ? I am a student, what is in it for me ? When you interact with industry professionals who have 6 - 15 years of experience building solutions or products, you can get a very good feel for the core technologies to learn, skills to master all the while keeping the big picture in mind. You can use the information to build a solid resume that works for you when you graduate out of college. I am a professional, what is in it for me ? The event is a great place to compare experiences on similar situations, fill up gaps in your own understanding of the engineering stack. I am a consultant, what is in it for me ? As a consultant, you can aquire the big picture of Open Source, what are the core areas which require consulting and how you can integrate the same with your current offerings. This is a great place to network as well. I am a Journalist, what is in it for me ? As a journalist who covers technical news or events, widening one's horizon to learn more about unique and successful Open Source projects like Linux kernel, KDE, X.org, Apache Software Foundation, BSD foundation among the many projects will help in understanding how Open Source is evolving and the future trends. Specific Requests What if a lot of attendees are interested in a particular area ? The Society conducts 13 - 15, two-hour technical talks in the entire year. We can always schedule a talk on a specific topic for the benefit of the members, based on the feedback receieved during the event. We're a company that has developed a software product and we need help in deciding which license to use. Can you help ? Sure, join us at Open Source RoundUp for the discussion on Legal and Licensing Aspects, OPA and PLF. I work with Microsoft technologies. Can I attend the event ? Sure, attending Open Source RoundUp 2007 is a valuable opportunity to learn how a community oriented development model of Software with Open Source license is able to produce world class software like Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, PostGreSQL, X, KDE among many others. Career Networking What is the idea behind Career Networking ? Open Source community would do well, if its members are placed in good positions. They would hire more people with skills in Open Source technologies. This creates a virtuous cycle for growth and further adoption of Open Source technologies in companies service lines and products. Career networking is an effective way to ascertain "in-demand" technologies. What is the purpose of Resume drop box ? If you are looking for a change and seeking out better opportunities, please feel free to submit your resume. Some of the indicative areas are Java/JEE, Ruby, PHP, AJAX, PERL, C, C++ with STL and Systems programming. While most of the positions require experience, if you believe you have a promising fresher resume, please do submit one. It will be reviewed and then passed on to select companies. Open Source related Is it true that Open Source is anti-business ? Open Source is to software what Moore's Law is to hardware. Companies like IBM make millions of dollars in revenues. Redhat is a publicly traded software company. Who is winning ? Open Source or Proprietary software ? Software that brings tangible benefits to the customer always wins. I am an activist and feel very strongly against proprietary software ? TWINCLING Society and Open Source RoundUp is a platform for engineering excellence and pragmatism. We do not appreciate activism or unbecoming language. Sponsorship I want to sponsor part of the event, to help defray the costs ? Thank you for the kind gesture, we really appreciate it. Please write to info@twincling.org with your proposal. Goodies I heard that Linux for You (LFY) magazine subscription will be available for upto 50% discount ? Yes, LFY has an 'Open Source RoundUp 2007 Special' subscription form. If you subscribe during the event, you can avail the additional discounts. What are the goodies ? All registered attendees are eligible for classic T-shirt, Jotter Pen, LFY magazines and Linux distro CDs (Kubuntu) Press Information I am a press journalist and would like you to have a press release of the event ? We're thankful to you for helping spread the word around about Open Source RoundUp. Please write to info@twincling.org and we'll send you the press release on Society letter head and in PDF version right away. Registration related Registration is closed. How can i write to Helpline ? Please send your email to info@twincling.org

Helpline

In order to assist the attendees with directions, event details or any other clarification, we have helplines available. Helpline +91 - 98482 37656 +91 - 98492 53753 Email info@twincling.org

Linux For You

TWINCLING Society in association with Linux For You magazine brings for its members and Open Source enthusiasts of Hyderabad a unique subscription offer. You subscribe to Linux For You (LFY) magazine at Open Source RoundUp 2007 and get upto 50% discount ! To collect the subscription form or to submit your subscription amount (cheque or cash) along with the form, please contact the LFY subscription co-ordinator at Open Source RoundUp 2007.

Press Release

Open Source Roundup 2007 Press Release For immediate release: Friday, 30th November, 2007 Contact: Mr. Sumit Upadhyay +91 98482 37656 General Secretary, TWINCLING Society Mr. Mahesh Patil +91-99080 28085 Member of Board, TWINCLING Society Open Source RoundUp 2007 is the event that brings together professionals and practitioners with focus on Open Source in projects, product development, project management, test platforms, embedded systems, kernel engineering, bio sciences and social networking. Discussing trends, core issues in Open Source, what are the opportunities and the challenges, will be professionals from organizations like Satyam, Accenture, Tanla, Nokia, AppLabs, CDAC, Pramati, Ocimum Biosolutions and CommVault. The technical event includes year end party, goodies for attendees and career networking forum with Resume drop box, to facilitate professionals and students seeking career opportunities in specific technologies. The event is scheduled to be held on 15 December at 4:30pm at Floor 5 Hall, Ashoka Janardhan Chambers, above Nalli Silks, S.P. Road, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016. The event in its 3rd year, is conceptualized, promoted and managed by TWINCLING Society, a registered, "not for profit" Linux and Open Source promotion society in Hyderabad with more than 2,000 members. This is a FREE-of-charge event. However prior registration at http://www.twincling.org/osru is required. Venue details and event details are available on the website. All Open Source enthusiasts, students and interested professionals are welcome.

Programme

15:30 - 16:25 Registration 16:40 - 17:20 Key Note Address Mr. Srinivas Kavuri Sr. Director CommVault systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. 17:20 - 17:55 Party, Snacks & Tea 18:00 - 22:00 Twenty20 Speakers Network System Administration Pawan Kumar Open Source Testing Platforms Rajesh Sarangapani Building SMS/WAP solutions with Open Source Manish Singh Telecom application software development Satish Somaraju Open Source Scripting tools for Appliance QA Engineering Naveen C Open Source Frameworks (Spring, Struts, RoR) Chandra Mohan Mani Open Source in Embedded Systems Mahesh Patil Kernel modules engineering Namita Iyer Project Management for OSS projects Yaser Ansari Open Source tools in Biosciences Mahendra Nag Jayanthi CEO/CTO perspective on OSS in projects and startups Maruthi Vutla Open Source in Academic Curriculum Srinivas Bhairy Licensing & Legal Aspects in Open Source, OPA and PDF 22:00 - 22:10 Vote of Thanks, Goodies

Registered Delegates

Here is the list of registered delegates for Open Source RoundUp 2007.

Shravan Kumar
Balaji Lakshmanan
Subramanyam Yeleswarapu
Niraj Khatod
Jigar Baria
Sandeep A. Kumbhar
Manish Kumar
Kasagoni Shravan Kumar
A. Pranav
Umamaheshwara Rao
Vikas Gupta
Monalisa Kalla
Vandana
Harihar
Sumit
Ankit
Abhishek
Jatin Pathak
K. Vinay Kumar
Sumanth Krishna A
Rajesh Batta
Metuku Shyam Sunder
Balaraju Gullepalli
Shiva Golagani
M. S. H. Kiran
Bishal Pantha
Sandeep Tiwari
Dilip Gupta
I Ravi
Sagar Veerla
Abhishek Pandey
Vishwesh Kumar Shukla
Ankit Bhilwar
Praveen Reddy Nandela
Vishwanath chatla
Moulana Mohammad
Anjaneyulu Srikanth Valaboju
Santhosh Rampally
Rajeshwar Renjarla
Ravi Krishna Gajula
Ankit Sharma
A S Narsinga Rao
C Ramakrishna
Nandu Ahmed
Rajesh Medisetty
Praveenkumar Pentyala
Suneel Karjala
Neelkamal Duara
Rahul Prakash
Venkataramana Chemburu
Sandeep
Juvvi Pramod
Vivart Pandey
G V V Satyanarayana
Vishal Bhatia
T. Harikrishnan
Omkar Pangarkar
Dharmedra Kumar
Rohit S
T. S. Navneet
Aditya Palshikar
M. Gnana Seelan
Navaneeth M.
K. Sree Goutham Reddy
Samba Siva Rao
Vyasraj V.
Kolluru Dharma Teja
Shahid Ahmed Khadri
Sampath Kumar Inturi
Sridhar Komareddy
Sudheer Kumar
Srilatha T.
R. Nagasri
Sumit Singhal
Bhasker Raj
Sridhar Yerram
Naveen
Tejaswi Naidu
Srikanth Chintakindi
Rajesh Babu Boddapati
Praveen Kumar
Sunil Kumar
Harihar Bhohak
Bandana Jena
Ravi Kiran Sangoju
A K Chakravarthi Sirisetti
Maheshwar Singh
Sateesh Kumar
Naresh Kulkarni
Gutta Sandeep
Arafat Hussain Tauseef
Venu Gopal Yanimeni
Ketaraju Kameswara Rao
Srinivas Bhoosarapu
Amarnath Lamuri
V. V. Ravi Kumar
Anish N.
Varunjith T. K.
Rupesh Gujare
Shaili Vaish
V. Ravi Kumar
Swathi Aisola
Pradeep Kumar Guttumukkala
Eswara Rao Boddu
Praveer S.
Gowtham N
M. Attaur Rahman Sofi
Abrar Kazi
Gaurav Kumar Garg
Tarun Mehra
Nishant Soin
Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Rudra Dev Gudipati
Keshav Prasad
K. Vishal
Sambasivarao J
Balla Sri Siva Sandeep
Medisetty Rajesh
Sekhar Akkisetti
Kapil Bhatnagar
Sarvesh Walia
Ravi Kumar ulavala
Kamlesh D. Gaikwad
Sudheer Reddy Arutla
Ashu Yadav
Lukesh Saini
Kunal Gupte
R. Krishna Chaitanya
A V V Manoj Kumar
Vikash Saini
Kunal Mawade
G. Venumohan
Manoj Kumar
Akash Agarwal
Sayimpu Chandra sekhar
Laxmi Kanth Mididoddy
Ajit Singh Solanki
Anoob Backer
Vijay Kumar Diwedi
Nishesh Chouhan