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<b><font size="5"><a href="http://FOSS.IN/2010" target="_blank">FOSS.IN/2010</a></font></b><br>
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<font size="4">India's premier free and open source software event is ready to take off between the 15th -17th of December 2010, at the NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore. Now in its 10th year <a href="http://FOSS.IN/2010" target="_blank">FOSS.IN/2010</a> brings the best brains of the free and open source software community together from India and Internationally. Fostering development and contribution from India, the event provides the perfect platform for all software developers. Budding young programmers can come and meet with the most experienced of programmers and form long-lasting projects which benefit the entire community.</font><br>
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<font size="4">The speakers list at <a href="http://FOSS.IN" target="_blank">FOSS.IN</a> has always read like a "Who's Who" of the FOSS community and this year too there is no exception to that. A fantastic lineup of speakers and talks. More importantly, <a href="http://FOSS.IN" target="_blank">FOSS.IN</a> is one of the few events where "code" is actually written, and the workouts and hack sessions are extremely popular.</font><br>
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<font size="4">With over 700 geeks in attendance, the coffee, the food, the coding the true spirit of the free and opensource community comes to life at <a href="http://FOSS.IN" target="_blank">FOSS.IN</a>.</font><br>
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<font size="4">While the atmosphere is charged and there is fun and frolic in the air, the business and corporate houses are not far behind. The past years, we have seen great participation from the corporate world, including giants like HP, Nokia, Yahoo!, Google, IBM and many more reap the benefits of participation.</font><br>
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<font size="4">The venue plays an important role in making the event a great success and this year again <a href="http://FOSS.IN" target="_blank">FOSS.IN</a> will be held at the NIMHANS Convention Centre:</font><br>
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<b><font size="4">NIMHANS Convention Center</font></b><br>
<font size="4">NIMHANS Hospital Premises,</font><br>
<font size="4">Hosur Road, Bangalore- 560029</font><br>
<font size="4">Landmark: Near Dairy Circle</font><br>
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<font size="4">The venue is fabulous, has ample space for setting up workout stations, good connectivity with wired and wireless network and very importantly, the ability to start early and stay late. <a href="http://FOSS.IN" target="_blank">FOSS.IN</a> is one of the few conferences that opens at 10:00 hrs and continues all they way till 22:00 hrs. Few conferences and boast of 12 hour working days for the participants.</font><br>
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<font size="4">Interested in free and opensource software? Be there! Remember the dates:</font><br>
<font size="4">December 15th – 17th, 2010</font><br>
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<font size="4">For more information, visit: <a href="http://foss.in" target="_blank">http://foss.in</a></font><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please forward this to your friends.</div><div>Thank you.</div><div>Sheela</div>
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