Local open-source developers go global

HCM City (VNA) - Vietnam's open-source developers have joined Moblin.org, an international open-source community by adding a Vietnamese interface on the website as well as launching a completion among Vietnamese coders.

The community of open-source developers now has six members, the US ,
Japan , China , India , Brazil and Vietnam .

Vietnam 's great IT potential, based on the assessment of Intel and
Yahoo, the globe's two largest IT corporations, was behind Mobilin.org's
decision to welcome the country's developers.

The competition calls for ideas related to open-source software that can be
used for mobile devices used in the entertainment and media industry.

Any Vietnamese, who is 18 years old and above, currently living or working
within the country's territory, is eligible to take part in the contest.

Entries must be submitted at the website at www.moblin.org and should be
accompanied with a brief explanation.

The contest deadline is November 8, 2009. An online public poll will be
launched, starting from September 10 to November 12, 2009, to name 10
prize-holders.

Awardees will receive a mobile device and 1,000 USD as well as a trip to
Singapore under the sponsorship of Yahoo.

Experts will later select one winner among the top 10 for a 6,000 USD
award, including a return ticket, living expenses and accommodation, to take
part in any international open-source developers' event.

HCM City 's Computer Association and the Ministry of Information and
Communications' Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry are
the two major oganisers in Vietnam.-Enditem