Kerala: 4th Conference on Open Software Kicks off

The fourth international Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Conference, Kerala, got under way in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011.

Successful FOSS applications of the Kerala government, such as IT@School and InSight is being showcased at the meeting and a workshop on

'Open Source Hardware' will be held for students on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.

The inaugural event was attended by representatives from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and US in addition to India.

Previous conferences were held in 2001, 2005 and 2008.