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<DIV>fyi sorry for crossposting </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 18/10/2007, <B class=gmail_sendername>Nabil Eid</B> <<A href="mailto:nabileid21@yahoo.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:nabileid21@yahoo.com">nabileid21@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>Dear colleagues,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>Kindly read about APC FOSS</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>The APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize, </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51); FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>Person or group doing extraordinary work to make it easy for ordinary computer users to start using free and open source software (FOSS). </FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>Two initiatives have been selected by an international jury and awarded The APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007. Yet another initiative received a honorable mention.<BR><BR><B>Prize winners are initiatives:</B> <BR><BR>- <B>Free Geek</B>, USA </FONT><A href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5241758" target=_blank rel=nofollow> </A><BR><FONT size=3><FONT color=#0000bf>- <B>NepaLinux</B>, Nepal <BR><BR>winning initiatives</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN><FONT color=#0000bf size=3> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5241758" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3> Free Geek</FONT></SPAN></A><A href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5241758" target=_blank rel=nofollow></A><FONT color=#0000bf size=3> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN><FONT color=#0000bf size=3> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5241651" target=_blank rel=nofollow> <SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000bf size=3>NepaLinux</FONT></SPAN></A><BR><A href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5241651" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5241651</A><BR><FONT color=#0000bf><FONT size=3><B>Honorable mention was awarded to:</B><BR><BR>- <B>Gleducar</B>, Argentina<BR><BR>A ceremony celebrating the prize winners will be held during the APC council meeting in Rio de Janeiro on November 6, 6 pm local time. </FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#bf005f size=3>Source : APC News</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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