Just came across http://www.opensourcetesting.org/ which list a whole bunch of FOSS tools used for testing. Here's the list. My favorites are JMeter and Selenium, and both came up in context of some OLPC systems at a meeting today. Selenium looks promising. We use JMeter for testing Moodle on campus. Here's the full list:

• Abbot Java GUI Test Framework
• Anteater
• Apodora
• Arbiter
• Autonet
• AutoTestFlash
• Avignon
• Blerby Test Runner
• Canoo WebTest
• Concordion
• Crosscheck
• csvdiff
• CubicTest
• Cucumber
• DBFeeder
• DbFit
• DejaGnu
• Dogtail
• Doit: Simple Web Application Testing
• Eclipse TPTP
• EMOS Framework
• Enterprise Web Test
• Expect
• Frankenstein
• GITAK
• GNU/Linux Desktop Testing Project
• Harness
• httest
• IdMUnit
• Imprimatur
• ItIN - Infopath testing in .Net
• ITP
• ItsNat, Natural AJAX
• ivalidator
• Jacobie
• Jameleon
• jDiffChaser
• Jemmy
• JFunc: JUnit Functional Testing Extension
• JSystem
• jWebUnit
• Latka
• Linux Test Project
• LogiTest
• LReport
• MActor
• Marathon
• MaxQ
• miTester for SIP
• Mockito
• MozUnit
• OLVER - Open Linux VERification
• Om
• Om
• org.tigris.mbt
• PAMIE
• Pounder
• pywinauto
• QAT (Quality Assurance Tests)
• QMTest
• Rasta
• Robot Framework
• Sahi
• Samie
• Sauce Labs: cloud-based Selenium service
• Scalable Test Platform
• Selenium
• SharpRobo
• soapui
• Software Automation Framework Support
• Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF)
• Solex
• SWAT (Simple Web Automation Toolkit)
• SWTBot
• Systin
• tclwebtest
• TestGen4Web
• TestPlan
• TextTest
• Tomato
• Toster - The Object-oriented Sofware Testing Environment
• Watij
• WatiN
• Watir
• Web Form Flooder
• WebDriver
• WebInject
• WebTst
• WET
• Win32::IEAutomation
• XML Test Suite

As a kid, I loved James Bond movies (I still like the old ones), especially the gadgetry. A shoe compartment, a multi-purpose watch, a micro camera. Needless to say, a lot of money has gone into ThinkGeek purchases Imagine my pleasure when I recently had to introduce the OLPC project to someone (potential funding source for a deployment). I pulled out a 8GB microSD card from a secret zipper in my shirt, placed it squarely on the table, and said "We won't be needing the Internet for now. This little piece of technology holds well over 100 albums and hundreds of books that are freely distributable. It also has a web server, a database server, a collaboration server, backup software, and a bunch more. We won't be needing the Internet to get this deployment off the ground".

SFSU is now hosting the only North American CVS repository for Moodle. Developers from all over North and South America are now accessing moodlecvs.sfsu.edu to get the latest Moodle build. The CVS repository follows moodle.org standards:

• Connections through CVS (Concurrent Versions System) software
• Set up for anonymous access, no password
• Updated every 15 minutes from the main Moodle trunk. 

This is a sign of SFSU's leadership in the moodle community and SFSU's active involvement in the open source community.

I am attending this year's Moodle gathering called MoodleMoot in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Kevin Kelly is going through his keynote speech. His focus is on Communities of Practice (CoP) and how Moodle (iLearn on our campus) sits in the middle. His keynote points to several aspects of how collective approaches (including collective IQ) can help in building these communities.