Free Software: Business Models and Corporate Initiatives
When: November 28th
Where: Moscow, Russia
More Info: http://otstavnov.com/fsr/
The first conference "Free Software: Business Models and Corporate
Initiatives" was held in Moscow. It was held within the
frameworks of the Electronic Russia federal special program. This
program was designed as means of shortening the "digital divide"
between Russian transitional economy and Western economies.
The main goal of the event was stated as establishing a mutual
understanding between all parties concerned and involved in
establishing the social institute of Free Software in Russia,
including developers, providers, and customers. Two well-known
companies, IBM and Sun Microsystems, sponsored this
event.
Debian Involvement
A number of speeches were delivered by the representatives of
international and Russian Free Software projects: Peter
Novodvorsky and Wartan Hachaturow from the Debian Project gave an
introduction in how the Debian Project works and how the Debian
distribution is assembled.
Main Coordinator: Peter Novodvorsky
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