Melbourne to host linux.conf.au 2008

Posted by daria42 on Aug 8, 2006 9:53 AM EDT
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Melbourne will host the linux.conf.au conference in 2008, the event's organisers announced today.

The conference, organised by the nation's peak open source body Linux Australia (LA), has since 1999 brought pre-eminent open source developers Down Under for a week-long technical conference once a year. Previous attendees have included Linux creator Linus Torvalds, UK-based kernel hacker Alan Cox and local Samba creator Andrew Tridgell.

"This year the [venue] decision was particularly tough, with well-presented bids from Melbourne and Hobart," LA president Jonathon Oxer said in an e-mailed statement. "Both proposals contained a lot of flair, and Hobart as a potential destination was definitely a draw card for many people."

But Oxer added the venue selection committee thought the Melbourne proposal was "more well developed".

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