[Sugar-devel] Fwd: Call for Participation Now Open

[Sameer Verma]

Is anyone sending in proposals for OSCON 2009?

This year it will (sadly) be in San Jose. I saw many XOs at OSCON in
2007 (Rob Savoye had the most visible one...he was walking around with
it), but only two in 2008 - I had one and the OSUOSL guys had one. I
also heard a lot of misleading opinions from the attendees
(Windows/MSFT drama). So, at the very least, we should have a
significant presence in the exhibit areas. Some of you Sugarheads
should really present in sessions as well!

Sameer
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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/


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