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The Open Source Institute
The OSI was formed back in 1999 as a group within The CyberArmy to provide support for the open source development community.
In 2001 we went about the task of redesigning the objectives of the group, shifting its focus away from pure software development, to be more of a developers community. Providing support services, features, ideas, hosting space, and entertainment, which at its height in 2002 had more than 7000 members.
The following Core Objectives, serve as the pillars of OSI:
* To create a place for our community to exist, IRC channels and a website.
* To provide articles and discussion topics to inform and educate members and visitors.
* To provide a free project hosting facility (CVS).
* To produce our own software projects.
* To work with other communities to support the use of open source software
* To provide a series of programming challenges, called 'GEEK', to educate and entertain the members.
We have been through several different websites, quite a few different servers, and through much hard work have settled in 2003 with a complete ground up redesign of the software which we hope will support our members for many years to come.
In addition to the many support services we provide to software developers we have embarked on integrating a system of ownership and reward within the site architecture. Enabling people who contribute to the site to take ownership over its features. We are also providing high quality services normally charged by most hosts in order to reward those who aid to the growth and furtherance of our cause.
First and foremost we are a group of computer freaks, who love to share ideas and pool resources.
Brigade Color: Light Blue (#48D1CC)
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