He left this world suddenly on April 8th 2011 at the age of 74. In his lifetime – since his twenties, he painted over one thousand of paintings. The most intense period was in the latest years of his life.

Being my Father, I may be subjective in judging his work. However, in speaking with his colleagues and friends, as well as art critics who attended the funerals, I realized I have a responsibility to publicize his work.

Perhaps his life story, which is an interesting one, has a bearing on this; however, more about this at a later time eventually.

About ten years ago, I had set up a website for his work (http://www.savluc.com/boris).

I didn’t touch it since then, and now is outdated. Therefore we plan to re-build and re-launch it.

In the meantime, we will publish almost daily one of his paintings under different social media outlets. There are hundreds; this will take a few years. We also hope the private owners or organizations that own his paintings, will contribute to it and send us images to be published.

We plan to publish much of his artwork under a Creative Common license, and allow use of his artwork freely, in so far as his paintings would be credited.

We believe this is his final will – to share his art with you, to make this world more colorful and to add to its beauty.

You can follow his published work at:

Twitter: @BorisSavluc

Facebook: Boris Savluc In Memoriam

Flickr: photos/borissavluc

We will continue to keep you updated about this project.

Last but not least:

If you feel a bit of pleasure while looking at his paintings, please let others know about it.

Boris Savluc is not Dead; he is Alive through his Art.

I was totally exhilarating when I saw it taking shape. I think a unique momentum was created and Romanians should not waste this chance. I assured them all my support, but I would prefer not to be involved much at this stage. I consider people living in that country should drive this project. I would prefer to be more an observer and a liaison in between them and the outside world. There I can help for sure.

This being said, I updated the information at rosi.ro website and I presented my intention to donate the domain that I own (rosi.ro); if of course, the people there will ask for it. I also recommended to Romi (Agora our eLiberatica pertners enrolled ROSI like a brand) to donate the ROSI ( Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative) brand in case this initiative will follow the ideals that ROSI tried to promote when was started. On the other hand, I reserved my right to withdraw my support if I’ll see the initiative failing to attract honest and vertical members that would coordinate the group.

I wish them good luck and determination. Is a unique moment, is a dream – to see the emerging of a real Romanian FLOSS organization that would drive things in the right direction in that part of the world.

There are many capable and honest people in the IT community there, the single condition would be for them to get involved and do the right thing. If not, opportunists, false good willing people, closed source lobbyist and so on, will fail the beautiful thing that started. So be aware. Keep an eye on this initiative, help it if you can.

The most of discussions are taking place on tic-lobby (one of the most respected Romanian IT communities) and rosi-talk, the new launched discussion list. (Please note, Doru Ilasi (one of the initial ROSI group members) is the one who took the initiative to coordinate this project, he is administering the discussions there. Good job Doru!)

Anul acesta am simtit din nou acel entuziasm tineresc al primei editii iar dupa terminarea conferintei, reactia pe net a fost peste asteptari; au inceput comentarii pe diferite liste de discutii privind necesitatea de a infiinta o organizatie NGO care sa sustina si sa promoveze tehnologiile deschise si libere, precum si discutii intense relativ la contractul de sute de milioane pe care Statul Roman doreste sa il acorde Microsoft.

Per total, cred ca eLiberatica a ajuns la o masa critica si incepe sa fie notata de catre autoritatile locale si as scoate in evidenta aici participarea d-lui Adrian Curaj (Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice din Invatamantul Superior). Este adevarat, prezenta reprezentantilor din guvern este inca foarte slaba, totusi se vad unele semne bune. Dl Constantin Teodorescu, probabil singurul politician roman care are viziune asupra IT-ului si intelege cu adevarat ce beneficii poate aduce Open Soruce si Free Software Romaniei a fost prezent pentru a doua oara la eLiberatica.

Prezente notabile: Monty si David, cei care au adus o afacere bazata pe Open Source – ma refer la MySQL, la valoarea de vanzare de un miliard de dolari. Danese Cooper – asa numita open source diva, probabil una din cele mai influente prezente feminine din Open Source si IT in general – nu atat de cunoscuta la noi pana acum; Danese a avut probabil cel mai mare impact asupra publicului in editia de anul acesta. Alaturi de ei, au fost multi altii, pentru mai multe detalii recomand situl eLiberatica.

“Bottom line”: personal nu m-am asteptat ca editia de anul acesta sa aibe impactul pe care la avut, avand in vedere timpurile vitrege prin care economia mondiala si nationala trece. Cu atat mai mult, succesul de acest an imi intareste convingerea ca ne aflam pe drumul cel bun si ca in final Romania se va alinia trendului mondial care este clar deschis spre Open Source si Free Software.

eLiberatica 2009 conference schedule published:

eliberatica.ro/2009/conference/schedule

OK, if you wish to read more, check the website. I published there only basic information (in 6 languages ;), but is a start. After a while, I’m planning to launch there a portal; that area deserve it.

For now, I’m happy that I positioned the website on one of the first places in Google search :)

The movies contains shots from the conference but also interviews with some of the speakers (representatives from Google, Mozilla, Sun, European Union, FSF Europe, Gartner and more); they are talking about the latest trends in IT, about Open Source adoptions, about how they felt at eLiberatica 2008 and being in Romania.

Enjoy it!

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I have tons of other images I’m taking in this trip (from Europe and Romania especially) just need time to upload it to flickr. And I wish to put comments there, probably when we will turn back in Vancouver..

Acum cativa ani, intuind potentialul turistic deosebit al zonei, am cumparat domeniile paraul-rece.ro is paraul-rece.com in ideea ca, atunci cand timpul va veni, sa lansez un portal de informatii turistice.

Nu stiu daca a venit inca timpul (acum cateva zile am vizitat locurile si am fost din nou vrajit de linistea si farmecul zonei), statiunea este in crestere, se construieste mult, asa ca am inceput incet-incet sa pun cateva informatii si imagini pe sit.

Cred ca merita sa aruncati o privire. Inca o data, situl este “doar o schita in lucru” ;) pentru moment incerc sa adun ceva continut si abia dupa aceea sa pun un CMS sau blog si sa-i dau un aspect.

Deci pentru cine e curios, linkul este: http://www.paraul-rece.ro/ .

>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=eliberatica+2008&z=t&s=rec