This is what it looks like when huge, multinational corporations start “moving into the open source space” — the Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia is “focused on four major research areas: Mechanics & Electronic Assemblies; Open Source; Mobile Solutions & Services and Operations & Logistics.” And it “maintains partnerships with the main universities and research centers in the world, in countries such as Germany, United States, Finland and Brazil.”

And, they are hosting a conference called Bossa 2008: International Conference on Open Source Software for Mobile Embedded Platforms in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil.