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 conference/summit that focuses on the Fedora Project and all things that go along with it. This includes infrastructure issues, both technological and govermental/intermutual, development issues, community issues, marketing issues and the state of the project address. There is no set time frame with regard to the frequency of FUDCon. So far, FUDCon took place twice: in Boston, USA, and in Karlsruhe, Germany. FUDCon London 2005, the third gathering of Fedora Users and Developers, will be held at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo UK, on the 6th of October in London, UK. FUDCon will feature presentations from prominent members of the Fedora Project, both from Red Hat and from the Fedora community. Attendance is free to anyone attending LinuxWorld UK. The FUDCon staff requests that those who plan to attend FUDCon London 2005 register by sending a short email with your name to fudcon-register@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks, and we'll see you in London! Call for Presentations Working on an interesting project that uses Fedora? Looking to find contributors to help with your work, or just looking to share your project with the world? Kno somebody who does? Spread the word! The Fedora Project is looking for presenters at FUDCon London 2005. Any topic that relates significantly to the Fedora Project will be considered. Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to fudcon-paper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Submission deadline: Friday, August 26th, 2005 Notification of decision: Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Final version deadline: Friday, September 16, 2005 If you want to help out organizing a FUDCon, visit this page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/Organization -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
