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Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:02 PM<br>Subject: We're Looking for Speakers - Call for Participation is Open for OSCON 2013<br>To: <a href="mailto:ben.hengst@gmail.com">ben.hengst@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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This year, we'll celebrate 15 years of <strong><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z5dn5nsc88mdj7uf01dikton2nqeh65q5aeh6grg" style="color:#487ecf;text-decoration:none" title="OSCON Home page" target="_blank">OSCON</a></strong> and open source success, and we're inviting you to be part of the celebration.</p>
<p style="color:#333333;font-size:13px;line-height:16px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-left:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:5px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:0">Open source has come a long way—from the early days when a handful of visionaries were working to make the case for free and open software (imagine wanting access to your source code!) to today, when open source is the standard for everyday programming languages, databases, utilities, and operating systems. OSCON is where the community gathers each year to learn, teach, applaud success stories, and map the strategies for the future.</p>
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Sarah Novotny, Edd Dumbill, and Matthew McCullough<br>OSCON Program Chairs</p>
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