CDOT News 1

Mozilla internships

• Lukkas, Armen, Anthony - confirmed MozCo internships in CA
• Mozilla is seeking three more interns

Five Seneca Students Help Ensure Firefox Extensions are Ready for Firefox 3

The Firefox web browser can be customized and enhanced with powerful, easy-to-install 'extensions'. Extensions are one of the key factors in the browser's success.

Mozilla has hired five Seneca students on a part-time basis to review and test extensions to ensure compatibility with the upcoming release of Firefox 3.

• 2 new courses on Moz dev - DPS911/OSD700 - take to new level

OCE 'Connections' Grant

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) 'Connections' program has provided a total of $14K in matching grants to support four team projects working on various Mozilla technologies.

CDOT Sets Up on First Floor of TEL Building

CDOT now has the use of nine cubicles on the first floor of the TEL building. Six of these cubicles have been set up for Mozilla development: four have quad-core, dual-screen Windows/Linux systems, and two have large-screen Mac Mini systems. The remaining cubicles will be used for the CATGeames project.

Demand for Open Source Students Outstrips Supply

• More stuff than students - 6 fulltime positions

3D in the Browser: C3DL and CATGames

• Cathy at GDC

Links

• Grant from Mozilla - Press Release
• CBC news coverage
• CDOT web site

How to Connect to Open Source at Seneca

• FSOSS
• (Getting on IRC)

On the Radar

• OOo
• PostgreSQL - db load modelling and tuning
• Build Course
• TFN
• FSOSS
• IBM - Ajax day
• PHUG - James Walker - Drupal