[resent since it did not pass trough for some unknown reason]

Hi.

I'd like to let you know (remind you, for those who had come to the Libre Software Meeting, maybe ?) that we're organising, with Soissons Technopole, the 1st edition of the LIBRE SOFTWARE TROPHIES (Les Trophées du Libre), an international Free Software Competition.

Details on http://www.tropheesdulibre.org/main.php?lang=en

The competition is free and open to any Free Software author, and closes februray 15th 2003.

The winner of each category will win a trophy, and a server (and a trip to France, the trip being offered also to the 2 other finalists in each category).

The goal is to promote Free Software in various fields for the end users, trough an international competition, and would be a great way to make your projects recognised (employers, sponsors, etc.).

Categories :

* Games : Arcade, MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games), strategy, thought processes, ...

* Applications for Public Agencies : Interoperability of data among administrations, GIS, e-government, Intranet, ...

* Company Management : ERP, CRM, merchandising management, bookkeeping, GroupWare, Workflow, ...

* Educational : E-learning, e-publication, specific distribution, ...

* General Public : Office, multimedia, desktop, personal accounting, stock market, ...

* Accessibility : Writing and voice recognition, free software use facilitation, ...

As you can see, it's a pretty wide range of applications, so you have all chances to find yours ;)

APRIL and FSF Europe (Chapter France) are among the partners of the competition (along with MandrakeSoft, Bull, Sun, France Telecom R&D, and other local companies or organisations).

I was told that St Ignucius might be there to honour the winers ;)

Don't hesitate to enter the competition (registration really easy), and spread the word to your fellow programmers.

If you need more info, please let me know, and I'll send it to the organizers.

Best regards,

P.S.: address any remarks about translations and other details of the website to info@tropheesdulibre.org... as we're mostly only french-speaking folks things may sound weird to you ;)