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17 July 2010 | EU</p>
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17 July 2010 | France </p>
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15 July 2010 | Spain </p>
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"Nearly all school children getting familiar with open source"</a></h4>
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14 July 2010 | Portugal </p>
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13 July 2010 | EU </p>
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Court approves purchase of proprietary licences without tender</a></h4>
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7 July 2010 | Switzerland </p>
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7 July 2010 | Germany</p>
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Bolzano region begins discussion on open source strategy</a></h4>
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7 July 2010 | Italy </p>
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- 22 August 2010 | Sankt Augustin, Germany</p>
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the fifth time on 21 and 22 August at the University of Applied Science
in Sankt Augustin near the cities of Bonn and Cologne.</p>
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- 27 August 2010 | Copenhagen, Denmark</p>
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conference for developers and users of the open source content
management system Drupal is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark.</p>
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"Open Source Geospatial Software" in Barcelona</a></h4>
<p style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> | 6 -
9 September 2010 | Barcelona, Spain</p>
<p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 7px; padding: 0pt; clear: both;">FOSS4G is a
conference on open source Geospatial software, to be held in Barcelona,
Spain. The organisers aim to offer developers and users a place to show
off their latest software and projects on Geographic Information
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<p style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> | 21-
24 September 2010 | Nuremberg, Germany</p>
<p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 7px; padding: 0pt; clear: both;">The
seventeenth edition of the Linux Kongress will take place in Nuremberg
(Nürnberg), Germany in September this year. The organisers, the German
Unix User Group (GUUG), describe this conference as one of the most
traditional Linux conferences, focussing on development and cutting
edge topics.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> | 27
- 28 September 2010 | Portoroz, Slovenia </p>
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'Linux Konferenca 2010', is scheduled for 27 and 28 September, in
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