Ferruh Baysu from Bilgi Publishing has sent me a copy of the book "Just for Fun" - Yalnizca Eglenmek icin, written by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. The book has a very straightforward language, translated by Cihat Tascioglu. The translator's note scattered here and there inside the book gives a pleasant taste, too. Interestingly, I had to look up in the Turkish dictionary reading some of his words. I'm thankful to the publishers of this book, especially the CEO of Bilgi Yayinevi Bilgi Kuflu, who has dictated in his letter that open source software in general and F/OSS ecosystem in particular is crucial for our country.

UNDP International Open Source Network (IOSN) has prepared a guideline which fosters public bodies and NGOs utilization of open standards and open document formats in order to share their documents. This easy-to-read document includes various file types, localization, internationalizatio, IPR issues and Linux standards. A draft version of the document is here.