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anand pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high
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ApacheCon US 2007 will be held November 12-16 at the
PeachTree Westin Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
ApacheCon US features over 70 presentations, the new
Fast Feather track, and 21 in-depth trainings focusing on
bleeding-edge technology from The Apache
Software Foundation and theSource community.
Highlights include the keynote presentations by
Doc Searls
(Web 3.0 = The Live Web),
Ora Lassila
(The Semantic Web, Why theSource Community Should Care),
and Jim Gettys
(Back to the Future and One Laptop Per Child).
Visit the ApacheCon US Web site for further information,
and to register:
www.us.apachecon.com.
Combining the talents of the Eclipse Foundation and
The Apache Software Foundation to create the first source community summit in Hong Kong. A ground breaking event,
OSSummit Asia is the first joint conference between the
Foundations and the first such event in Hong Kong and
greater China. The trainings and conference will be held
November 26-30 at the Cyberport, Hong Kong.
Visit the OSSummit Web site for further information.
Registration is still
www.ossummit.com.
With the great success of ApacheCon Europe 2007, we are excited to return to
Amsterdam in 2008. And we are proud to announce that we are going to intensify
and deepen the pre-conference trainings by offering several 2-day trainings
and each training session will have certifications of completion for those
to fulfill all the requirements of the training.
The trainings and conference will be held 7 April through 11 April, 2008 at
the new Moevenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre.
The Call for Papers deadline has been extended until 2 November!
Visit the ApacheCon Europe Web site for further information, and to
submit your proposals:
www.eu.apachecon.com.
The Apache Software Foundation has written an letter
to Sun Microsystems regarding our inabillity to acquire an acceptable license for the test kit
for Java SE needed by Apache Harmony. For futher information
please see the FAQ and direct all questions to Apache's VP
for JCP issues, geirm at apache dot org, or our regular press inquiry address, press at apache dot org.
