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Why is an international open source hackathon important for you?

On 21 and 22 February, OS-SCi is organizing an international Hackathon, together with partner Universities and Open Source partners. On one or both days, international teams from around the world are ...

Dec 28, 2024

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Replacing the Entire Adobe software Stack

While we feel you should replace all the Adobe software, for open source based on philosophy, because you hate it, they steal your data and take away your freedom, we understand it also can be financi...

Dec 26, 2024

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Education as an Institute

Background Education has become an institution with its own norms and rules, its own internal qualification measurements and its own way of external comparing with the other education institutions. By...

Dec 19, 2024

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A FOSS software stack for private persons and small businesses

In this blog we want to give you an example from a software stack for private users and small companies to solely use free and open source software. Yes a complete working environment without any prop...

Dec 13, 2024

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International Hackathon

On 21 and 22 February, OS-SCi is organizing an international Hackathon, together with partner Universities and Open Source partners. On one or both days, international teams from around the world are ...

Dec 5, 2024

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Is the downfall of the East India Companies a History Lesson for Big Tech?

Introduction The British East India Company (EIC) and the Dutch Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) were two of the most powerful corporations in history, dominating global trade and commerce for...

Nov 28, 2024

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Open Source communities and communication

With #foss, #floss or #opensource or how you want to call it, it's all about community. With communities, it's of course important to communicate with each other. Communities can communicate live or o...

Nov 21, 2024

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Unbiased Open News

Not directly related to #foss #floss and Open Source, but surely related to the open source philosophy, is the discussion about Open News. In the past, present and future, for sure in combination with...

Nov 14, 2024

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Sovereignty by Open Source

Since the dawn of the Internet, the globalization of the world has been going into an acceleration. The rise of Big Tech, mostly located in the USA conquered the world with its applications, data and ...

Nov 7, 2024

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My Personal Open Source #foss #floss Journey

So let's start with the dirty facts, I was born in 1970, after the first moon landing. Some scientists believe that over 500 years people will mark December 7, 1972, as the beginning of the second Mid...

Oct 31, 2024

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The Software wars, fight for freedom

When you delve into the literature on Free / Libre Open Source Software #foss #floss, you will learn that, in the beginning, all software was free and open. We are mainly talking here about the time a...

Oct 24, 2024

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Sustainability of Open Source and Education

The past two weeks, OS-SCi has visited many universities in India, our Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Ir. Erik Mols has given lectures about Free and Open Source Software to over 1500 students and prof...

Oct 18, 2024

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