Linux Australia Announces Official Bids for linux.conf.au 2008 Linux Australia President Jon Oxer, today announced the two teams bidding for the opportunity to host the southern hemisphere's premier Free and Open Source Software conference in 2008. "The two teams, Melbourne and Hobart, have both submitted extremely professional bids. It's going to be a tough choice between them" said Oxer. While neither city has hosted the conference in its current form, CALU (Conference of Australian Linux Users), the predecessor to linux.conf.au was originally held in Melbourne. Hobart has never played host to the conference in any incarnation. Coordinator of the Melbourne bid, Donna Benjamin, said "Melbourne is a great city. There's a reason it has won awards for being the world's most liveable city, and we're not shy about hosting world class events like linux.conf.au. This is a great conference, it's fun and informal, whilst being seriously technical. It's also an opportunity for Australian linux developers and users to get together with luminaries from around the planet to share ideas." The Hobart team is quietly confident about its bid. "We believe that Hobart's size and history will be a huge draw card for both speakers and conference attendees," said Ben, one of the Hobart bid leaders. "Tasmania is experiencing a real growth in use and development of Free and Open Source Software and we want encourage this by hosting the best FOSS conference in the world." linux.conf.au 2007 Call for Participation Opens The linux.conf.au 2007 Call for Participation has been announced. Entries are requested for a wide range of topics including system administration, kernel development, community advocacy and more. The conference will be held next January at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Visit the [http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ linux.conf.au 2007 website] to find out more about the [http://lca2007.linux.org.au/cfp Call for Participation]. About linux.conf.au Linux.conf.au is Australia's annual technical conference focusing on Linux and open source software. Now in its eighth year, linux.conf.au is regarded as one of the premier global Linux and open source software technical events and attracts many international open source software developers and users. For more information visit http://linux.conf.au About Linux Australia Linux Australia exists to serve and promote the Australian Linux and Open Source community. The organisation aims to do this best by taking enthusiasms within the community, such as FOSS issues, projects, education, advocacy, just to name a few, and help them flourish, to succeed. The lifeblood of this organisation is the people in the community, and Linux Australia strives to be both relevant and useful to the community. For more details on Linux Australia visit http://linux.org.au -- James Purser Ordinary Committee Member Linux Australia http://linux.org.au
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