On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Bob Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I just came across this on the Communitech site. I'd include a link, but the Communitech site is so badly Javascrippled they don't deserve the acknowledgement (besides, their opaque URL doesn't link to this info, anyway). OK, here: <a href="http://www.communitech.ca/en/events/community_events.aspx#" target="_blank">http://www.communitech.ca/en/events/community_events.aspx#</a><br>
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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: A Competitive Advantage for Your Organization<br>
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Start Date: Monday, November 08 2010<br>
Start Time: 9:00 AM<br>
End Time: 4:30 PM<br>
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Location: St. Andrew's Club & Conference Center<br>
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Organization/Company: Lexpert/Thomson Reuters<br>
Contact Name: Eman Aboelsaud<br>
Contact Phone: 416-608-5882<br>
Contact Email:<br>
Contact Website:<br>
Attendee Cost(s): $1,195<br>
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Description: Course Highlights:<br>
• Using open source software in your day-to-day business<br>
• Open source software analysis and risk assessment<br>
• Software approach that suits your organization<br>
• Managing open source software from the developer side<br>
• Using open source software code in a hybrid development environment<br>
• Open source software – key pitfalls and strategies<br></blockquote><div><br>Initially I was going to complain that $1,200 is too much for stuff that we <br>regularly have for much less, and even for free.<br><br>E.g. OLF, FSOSS @ Seneca, and even Geek Toronto on 23th Oct.<br>
<br>e.g. <a href="http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/node/126">http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2009/node/126</a><br><br>But this is a full day workshop, not a one hour talk.<br><br>In a way, it is good to have businesses willing to pay for this stuff.<br>
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