Linux.com: FreeDel 2006 Participants Learn About FOSS in India

"About 200 seasoned and budding programmers from all over India gathered at the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi earlier this month for FreeDel 2006, a two-day event on FOSS in education organized by the Delhi chapter of the Indian Linux Users Group.

"The event, in its third year, featured talks and discussions to help the education, government, and non-governmental organization (NGO) sectors understand the usefulness of FOSS. There were no stalls, no sales pitches, and very few tuxedos, but there were plenty of open-eyed students taking notes, getting pointers, and recording IRC handles from their favorite developers..."

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