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QualiPSo Newsletter Octuber 2009

Submitted by qadmin on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:15
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Release the QualiPSo Factory, the Next Generation Forge Environment

On November 16th, the QualiPSo Project will release the first version of its factory . The problems of current forges are mainly due to high coupling between components. Our approach is to apply Service Oriented Architecture [SOA] principles to the forge design to reduce maintenance costs and improve forge evolution. The QualiPSo Factory proposes an open service oriented integration framework with well-defined interfaces between the components which facilitate integration of further services and integration with the corporate information system. It does not only display the projects, but also proposes tools for information exchange since the existence of distributed teams lead to a significant need for image associated with the project especially to reinforce the feeling of being involved in a group. The Factory offers services combining both development and information sharing aspects. For more information, please click here.

fOSSa Conference 2009

Since the 70’s , FOSS became a wide spread paradigm throughout the software industry, and its alignment with academic goals tended to be forgotten. The fOSSa Conference is mainly focused on academia and research centers needs but it's open to industry as well, since in many cases academia needs industrials and vice versa. The conference reviews Open Source fundamentals (Business models, licenses, collaboration, communities, promotion, exploitation, sustainability, European projects) and presents innovating Open Source projects as well as communities experiences. Confirmed speakers include Clement Escoffier (Apache Community), Ralph Mueller (Director of Eclipse Foundation Europe), HP Fossology, INRIA (Luc Grateau and Jean Bernard Stefani), Arnaud Laprévote (Director R&D Mandriva), Roberto Di Cosmo, and many more. The fOSSa Conference is co-organized by INRIA and OW2 Europe Local Chapter and takes place in the World Trade Center building in Grenoble, France (Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Grenoble) on 17th and 18th November 2009. Registration is free. Details about the Conference are available @ www.ow2.org/fossaconference

QualiPSo Newsletter May 2009

Submitted by qadmin on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 10:58
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Qualipso co-organizes the Open Word Forum 2009: Where Open Source Leaders Meet

Free Libre and Open Source Software: at the heart of the Digital Recovery
Paris, October 1-2, 2009 – in partnership with the Open Source Think Tank. In 2009 again, Qualipso will co-organize the second edition of a new international event on Open Source, the Open World Forum. After the success of its first edition in 2008, the Open World Forum 2009 ambitions to create the leading global summit bringing together decision-makers from across the world to discuss the technological, financial and social impact of open source technologies.
Founded by a group of Open Source communities - including Qualipso - and heavyweight players from the IT industry, the Open World Forum has already brought together many of the main international IT players, most of the main FLOSS consortia, and a large network of research centers, innovation clusters and SMEs from five continents.
Within the Forum, Qualipso will organize an Open Source Competence Center Summit, bringing together the main international competence centers and promotional centers from the field of Open Source software. More information.

QualiPSo releases a first version of CMMI-like model for FLOSS development

QualiPSo proposes a CMM-like model for the implementation of trustworthy open source processes. The trustworthy criteria were mapped onto CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) to arrive at the Open Maturity Model (OMM). Based on these results, a first ver-sion of the process model was defined. The challenge is to build a process model which is CMM-like but avoids complexity in favour of wide acceptance. Therefore the new model is al-so split into levels akin to CMMI, but with contents varying from CMMI. Guidelines on how integrators can use this model are also presented. Feedback and comments from our readers are really appreciated. Download the OMM model and guidelines.