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FOSDEM Meeting in Brussels This Weekend

Posted by michael on from the war-rescheduled-for-next-week dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "One of the most popular Free and Open Source events in Europe takes place this week-end in Brussels. The Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting, entirely organised by volunteers the event has, in three editions, gained much attention from developers. This is a really technical, non-commercial event organised by the Free & Open Source Software community for the community. Take a look at the FOSDEM website, and take a look at the impressive schedule."

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  1. Don't forget about the "secret" developer meetings by Carl · · Score: 4, Informative
    There are even "secret meeting" pages for developers of free software groups that don't want to follow the regular scheduled talks. http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/FosdemUnofficialTalks 2003

    The mozilla developers will have a get together: http://eu.mozdev.org/Brussels2003/schedule.html

    And here is the schedule for the PostgreSQL talks http://candle.pha.pa.us/fosdem/

    If you are interested in Embedded devices you might find the following interesting: http://www.fosdem.org/index/dev_room/dev_room_embe dded

  2. Re:where to stay ? by The_Rift · · Score: 5, Informative

    Call tourist information on +32 2 279.22.11 or e-mail them at info@brusselstourism.be . Make sure to let them know you need accomodation near ULB where it's being held.

  3. Re:where to stay ? by Jetifi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sun Hotel, rue de Berge - just off Ch. d'Ixelles. Cheap, if you don't mind the small rooms. +32 25112119.

  4. Re:Nice! by skotty · · Score: 3, Informative

    The speeches are taped and will be put online but we can't guarantee that.