http://ilugc.in/content/indian-linux-users-group-chennai-monthly-meet-december-8/ ILUGC Monthly Meet ( December 8 ) ================================== Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai [ ILUGC ] is spreading awareness on Free Open Source Software in Chennai since Jan 1998. We meet regularly on every month second Saturday with technical talks and discussions on various Free software. Check our website http://ilugc.in for further details. Join our mailing list at http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc We have our December 2012 Meet. Check the details below. ILUGC Monthly Meet (December 8 th):- ============================== Time : Sat December 8, 2012 (3.00 – 5.30 PM) Venue: Classroom No 3, Areo Space Engineering, Near Gajendra Circle, IIT Madras. Link for the Map: http://bit.ly/iit-aero 1. Topic : Open source for startups Duration : 20 minutes Speaker : Chidambaresan Sakthi founder & ceo, opennovus.com chidambasakthi at gmail.com 2. Topic: Building ultra large web apps using Rails Description: How Rails is used on building large websites Duration: 30 mins Links to Read: http://rubyonrails.org About Speaker: Karthikeyan A K ( Project Director Webtoday business ) mindaslab at gmail.com 3. Topic: How Ortho-One opened its doors to FOSS and GNU/Linux Description: Ortho-One hospital is a leading orthopedic hospital in Coimbatore. The talk is case-study about how proprietary products and solutions can create a vendor lock-in and how FOSS can help in the situation. We will also discuss about the FOSS tools available in the health-care industry and how it can be deployed in a hospital. Duration: 30 Minutes Links to Read: http://dreaswar.com/2012/08/16/my-hospital-runs-linux-or-how-we-closed-the-windows-opened-the-doors/ About Speaker: Kumaran, [ kumaran AT kums.in ], is a open source enthusiast & one of the world’s youngest RHCEs.He is a hardcore GNU/Linux fan, who actively promotes FOSS. Kumaran is the key person in Migrating a hospital in Coimbatore to Free software. 4. Discussion on FossConf'13 General group discussions on any queries, events etc. CDs/DVDs can be shared on prior request. Announce this to all your friends, social network sites etc. All are welcome. Entry Free -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in Get CollabNet Subversion Edge : http://www.collab.net/svnedge