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“The organisation behind Australia’s flagship annual
Linux conference has requested formal proposals from parties
interested in hosting the event in their city in 2012.“”So far, we’ve had one expression of interest via Josh Stewart
from the Ballarat team,” wrote Linux Australia president John
Ferlito in an email announcing the formal opening of the bid
process to the group’s membership. “I’ve heard the odd rumour of
other teams with possible bids in the works, but nothing concrete
yet.”“Linux.conf.au is held at the beginning of each year and is
regarded as one of the globe’s major free and open source software
(FOSS) events, with numerous industry luminaries attending each
year. Past attendees have, for example, included Linux founder
Linus Torvalds, UK coder Alan Cox and more.”