FIRST ARMENIAN 24-HOUR WEB OPEN SOURCE (WEBOS) PROGRAMMING MARATHON

Public Radio of Armenia
Sept 27 2006

Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) and Open Soft Consult teams
announce the launch of first Armenian 24-hour Web Open Source (WebOS)
programming marathon, which will take place 14 October 2006.

Armenia IT industry is considered one of the most prominent and
progressive economic sectors with deep historic roots and traditions
in high tech R&D areas. Armenian programmers and engineers had
long started forming alliances and getting engaged in international
contracts with companies in neighboring countries and off-shore.

Open Source 24-hour programming marathon is scheduled to launch 14
October 2006 with an ambitious but realistic goal to promote Armenia’s
potential as one of attractive destinations of highly developed
information technology sector and professional young specialists.

Open Source 24-hour Marathon will once again motivate the IT
area professionals and engage them in open source development. The
objectives of the marathon is to discover Armenian young IT talents,
new ideas and specialists, help to form businesses in open source
technologies, provide them modern knowledge as well as promote open
source programming in Armenia.