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Linux Journal: Conference Report: FOSS Means Business, Belfast

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 30, 2006

“No more than 100 yards down the road from Europe’s ‘most
bombed’ hotel sits Belfast’s Spires Conference Centre, which does
double duty as Northern Ireland’s Presbyterian Assembly. It was to
this stunning location that the faithful flocked on the eve of St.
Patrick’s Day 2006. The FOSS Means Business Conference was the
result of a north-south, cross-border initiative to bring those
interested in free and open-source software together for the first
time. The conference was held to host talks by two of the free
software world’s patron saints, Bruce Perens and Richard
Stallman…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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