MGM-British Studios Meanwhile, Amalgamated Studios Ltd constructed a large studio on the north side of Elstree Way between 1935 and 1937. A January 1937 deal for eight films to be made for the American studio Columbia Pictures soon collapsed. The company was unable to meet the cost of building work, and sold the facility to the Rank Organisation, which was not interested in using the studios itself, but wanted to stop John Maxwell's rival British International Pictures (BIP) from being able to compete more effectively with its own new Pinewood Studios. During the war, the studios were leased from Rank by the
Open source in Kosovo Source Software Kosova (FLOSSK) FLOSS Kosova is a non-governmental organization which was established in March 2009 that promotes free and open-source software. This initiative was undertaken by James Michael DuPont in association with volunteers from Kosovo. The first results of this organization have been seen in August of that year in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where was held the first conference of this organization. The conference became a tradition and was held every year. The conference, which resulted in being the biggest conference in the region, was called “Software Freedom Kosova 2009”, which promoted free and open-source