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02.06.2008 Rise in attendance at International LinuxTag
Berlin, 2 June 2008 - Interim Summary: More than 11,600 visitors from 31 countries – keen interest in hands-on open source software – greater emphasis on business aspect of fair – first CIO summit a success
28.05.2008 LinuxTag 2008 opens – record international attendance
Berlin, 28 May 2008 – Today (Wednesday) the 14th International LinuxTag (www.linuxtag.org) opens on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds, with over 200 companies and independent projects participating. During the coming days the organisers LinuxTag e. V. and Messe Berlin once again expect around 10,000 visitors from more than 30 countries to attend Europe’s leading event for open source software. At the same time as LinuxTag, IT Profits 4.0 (www.it-profits.de), the IT business trade fair for the new...
28.05.2008 Once again Europe’s open source event is an international meeting place for developers and users
Berlin, 26 May 2008 – Once again this year’s LinuxTag (www.linuxtag.org) is one of the leading international meeting places for developers and users of the free operating system Linux and of open source software. The organisers of LinuxTag e. V. and Messe Berlin are expecting 500 developers from around the world representing the free software movement. From 28 to 31 May representatives of over 100 projects from Germany, Europe and abroad will be visiting the Berlin Exhibition Grounds...
23.05.2008 LinuxTag 2008 – Europe’s business platform combines CIO summit
Berlin, 21 May 2008 – On 29 May 2008 high-ranking representatives from business and politics will be meeting at the CIO summit in Berlin. The event forms part of LinuxTag 2008, Europe’s leading trade fair and conference for Linux and open source software. LinuxTag e.V. and Messe Berlin have invited CIOs and heads of IT to this meeting.
08.05.2008 LinuxTag expands international conference programme once again
Berlin, 6 May 2008 – When LinuxTag (www.linuxtag.org) takes place on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds from 28 to 31 May the number of individual events with lectures by international speakers will have risen to over 240. The keynote speakers expected to attend include Aaron Seigo (Chairman KDE e. V.), David Miller (maintainer of the networking code in the Linux kernel, Red Hat), Nat Friedman (co-founder of GNOME, Novell), Dirk Hohndel (Linux Evangelist, Intel) and Ian Murdock (co-founder of Debian...
16.04.2008 The leading meeting place for business and communities attracts exhibitors from all over the world
The 14th International LinuxTag in Berlin (http://www.linuxtag.org) is making its mark as Europe’s leading marketing platform for Linux and open source software. From 28 to 31 May 2008 the organisers are anticipating more than 10,000 visitors from 30 countries in the display halls in Berlin. Germany’s Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier is acting as patron of LinuxTag, and this underlines its role as a meeting place for innovators and job creators in the German and...
27.03.2008 Vice-Chancellor Steinmeier to be Patron of LinuxTag 2008
Vice-chancellor and Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier has agreed to act as patron of LinuxTag 2008. Steinmeier's support for Open Source Software and Linux emphasises the importance of this technology to industry as a motor of innovation in Germany, and to medium-sized enterprises in Germany and Europe, which are especially competitive on the global market. This is yet another reason why, under Steinmeier's leadership, the German foreign ministry's IT strategy has consistently...
02.06.2007 LinuxTag off to an encouraging start in Berlin – Attendance of 9,600 at Europe’s leading combination of trade show and convention for free software
Long-term collaboration agreed between LinuxTag e.V. and Messe Berlin – Next LinuxTag in May 2008 in Berlin. On its debut in Berlin the LinuxTag came to a successful conclusion on Saturday with a final attendance of 9,600. For four days the exhibition halls at the Berlin Funkturm were the meeting place for users, experts and others with a particular interest in Linux and in free and open source software from all over Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.
01.06.2007 Successful start in Berlin
LinuxTag e.V. and Messe Berlin agree on long-term collaboration. The relocation of LinuxTag to the German capital proved to be a success. The organizers of Europe’s largest event for Linux and free software came to this conclusion one day before the end of the combined four day trade show and convention. By Friday over 7,000 people from Germany and abroad had already visited the exhibition halls at Berlin’s Funkturm, more than the figure for the same period when the event was held in Wiesbaden...
01.06.2007 Videostream of LinuxTag's Opening Ceremony
The video recording of the LinuxTag 2007 opening is now available via Google Video.