Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Platform for open source software soon

CHENNAI: A platform for open source community development, a place where people can come together to create and promote open source software, will be launched in early 2009. This platform will be launched by Computer Society of India, Chennai chapter and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society, Madras chapter, in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing and National Informatics Centre.

The platform would be provided and supported by Essentia Soft Solutions, said H.R. Mohan, chairman of IEEE Computer Society, Madras chapter, here on Wednesday. Rajesh Iyer, vice-president, IT, Essentia Soft Solutions, said that the platform would be available to academia and professionals.

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