“Open Source Northeast” is one more initiative from Prag Foundation. This is supposed to be the first magazine from NE india promoting Open Source for development of North Eastern States. The theme is very novel. The founders are very much motivated to share the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in building Information Communication Technology (ICT) capability for development and success in today’s emerging Knowledge Society.
Volume-I of the magazine covers a few interesting topics such as Open Access and Open Course Ware. You will find links to various organization, especially the universities, that houses various courses online and free for all. In India ,a similar kind of initiative is taking place in IIT Bombay (http://www.dep.iitb.ac.in/). I think there will be much more information about open course ware in the coming issues of the magazine.
If you want to buy a PC for yourself here are the tips for you in the Know How section. A good review of OpenOffice is also in place as per the software reviewed in this issue.
I feel Open Source Northeast is a good start. Contents are good and well written except for some occasional typos. There are lot more scope to improve the current layout to create better look and feel experience.
For all those interested to read out the mag should find a soft copy here. And please dont forget to leave your comments to editor. !
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