Round table about the fate of Linux in Russia

On February 9, 2007, at 12:00, the press center of the Rosbalt information agency (St. Petersburg, Konnogvardeisky Boulevard, 7 - Kochubey Palace) will host a round table “Linux vs. Windows: who will win in Russia? ".

The main topic of discussion: what will be the choice of Russia in the light of the entry into the WTO and the tightening of legislation in the field of copyright.

To participate in the round table invited:
Vitaly Kuzmichev (Lynx BCC), development director;
Dmitry Dmitriev (Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation), Senior Researcher, Institute of Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences;
Leonid Soms (State Optical Institute), Leading Researcher;
Oleg Sadov (Linux Inc.), Technical Director;
Pavel Frolov (LinuxCenter), director;
Denis Ignatov (LINUX FORMAT Magazine), director;
Valery Mordvinov, Vice-President of the St. Petersburg Association of Patenters;
Kirill Stepanov (Novell), technical director;
Svetlana Korneva (UNIX Education Center), director;
Galina Pozharina (St. Petersburg College of Management and Commerce), deputy. director of information;
Natalia Samsonova (Government of the Leningrad Region), head of the department of information;
Larisa Kuzmina (Government of St. Petersburg), press secretary of the Education Committee.

The participation of representatives of the Administration of St. Petersburg, leading IT-companies of the city, representatives of big business is also expected.
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Source: Opennet.ru