GUADEC 2006 SLATED FOR BARCELONA
The 7th annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) will draw businesses, government, education and end users to Barcelona.
BOSTON, Mass. - 20 June, 2005 - The 7th annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC), will bring developers, GNOME Foundation leaders and individual, business and government GNOME and open source software users to Barcelona, Spain. The conference is a unique forum for highlighting the capabilities and direction of GNOME, the free user environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet devices. GUADEC will also feature meaningful discussions of the future direction of open source development.
GUADEC is a unique event that brings the people who are creating GNOME together to discuss and demonstrate their work and to build roadmaps for future development. Pair these developers with IT leaders and government officials and you see some real electricity.

GUADEC is being held April 29- May 4, 2006 at Fira de Barcelona, in combination with the Internet Global Congress. The event will be jointly organized by the Gnome Foundation, the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government), the Council of Barcelona, the IGC and the local free software community. Both local administrations have a commitment regarding the use of open standards and Free and Open Source Software in the public sector and have also been working on spreading free software among the citizens. Their hosting of GUADEC will be a splendid opportunity to showcase their developments in e-government and education, and to share them with visitors from all over the world. The range of topics will include workshops and showcases focusing on translation efforts, business models for professional free software development and GNOME in mobile devices.

((((quotes from the GNOME Foundation and from Oriol Ferran, director of the Information Society office of the Generalitat))))
About GNOME
GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to use desktop for GNU/Linux (more commonly known as Linux), BSD, Solaris, HP-UX and a variety of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people in dozens of languages around the world. More than 700 computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, contribute their time and effort to the project. More at www.gnome.org.

About GUADEC
The GNOME User and Developer Europe Conference (GUADEC) is an annual gathering of GNOME developers, enthusiasts and individual, business, education and government users worldwide. It provides a forum for members of the GNOME project to showcase their work and to discuss the future of GNOME development. Housed in a different European country each year, GUADEC is a catalyst for the future development and direction of GNOME. More at guadec.gnome.org.

About the GNOME Foundation
Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. The Foundation provides organizational, financial and legal support to the GNOME project and helps determine its vision and roadmap. More at foundation.gnome.org.

About the IGC

The Internet Global Congress is the leading Internet and New Technologies congress in Spain. Every year the IGC hosts an international event (IPv6 world meeting in 2005, Internet Society annual conference in 2004...). Open Source has become a major topic in the IGC and they will host the GUADEC 2006 providing top quality infrastructures and services. More at www.igcweb.net.

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