FUDCon

FUDCon: Fedora User and Developer Conference

FUD: An acronym for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A typical tactic used by the opponents of open source to prevent its widespread adoption.

Con: In opposition or disagreement with; against.

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, and workshops, and hackfests in which specific features or Fedora Projects are worked on. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, packaging, etc.

FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.

Upcoming FUDCons

• FUDCon India 2008 - Bangalare, India - December first week 2008
• FUDCon (Prague or Brno) 2008 - ???, Czech Republic - September 5 - 7, 2008

Past FUDCons

• FUDCon Boston 2008 - Boston, MA - June 19 - 21, 2008 (same city as the Red Hat Summit)
• FUDCon Berlin 2008 - Berlin, Germany - May 30, 2008
• FUDCon Raleigh 2008 - Raleigh, NC - Jan. 11 - 13, 2008
• FUDCon Online 2007 - A virtual FUDCon - Aug. 11 - 15, 2007
• FUDCon Berlin 2007 - Berlin, Germany - May 31, 2007
• FUDCon Brussels 2007 - February 23 - 24, 2007
• FUDCon Boston 2007 - Boston, MA - Feb. 2 - 4, 2007
• FUDCon Boston 2006 - Boston, MA - Apr. 7, 2006
• FUDCon Delhi 2006 - Delhi, India - Feb. 9, 2006
• FUDCon London 2005 - London, UK - Oct. 6, 2005
• FUDCon Karlsruhe 2005 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Jun. 24 - 25, 2005
• FUDCon Boston 2005 - Boston, MA - Feb. 18, 2005

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