According the Wikipedia, the "plan for the GNU operating system was
publicly announced on 27 September 1983."
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983>Coincidentally,
Google celebrates its birthday on September 27.  This year GNU turns 25 and
Google turns 10.

I wonder why they picked the 20th instead of the 27th?

I will work on getting SCC to honor Software Freedom Day for those people
who don't want to stray too far away from Scottsdale.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:39 AM, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:

> moin moin,
>
> several different Free Software groups, including PLUG, are working to put
> on a Free Software conference on Free Software Day, 2008Sep20.
>
> The event will be in the Valley. We would like someplace near downtown
> Phoenix as it would be somewhat geographically centered for the metro
> area.
>
> I'm told theres an ASU/UofA/NAU joint campus near Central and Roosevelt.
> tgen might also be involved in all that.
>
> Anybody have contacts there that could help us determine if we could use
> the facility and if it would fit our needs?
>
> We have approval from UAT, which is great. Many thanks to UAT for all they
> do for PLUG and the community. We would prefer downtown Phoenix rather
> than Tempe, which is the only reason I'm asking.
>
> We do need to make a decision really, really soon, so if you can help with
> this please let me know.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
> --
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