CeBIT 2009 to Focus on Open Source: Call for Projects

by Kristin Shoemaker - Oct. 01, 2008Comments (1) | Trackback URL

Today Linux Magazine, the Linux Foundation, and CeBIT organizers announced that they are taking applications for a limited number of free booths at the CeBIT 2009 conference. The global IT tradeshow, taking place March 3-8, 2009, in Hannover, Germany, will focus on open source software as a central theme for the first time.

From now until October 30th, open source projects are invited to bid for booth space at the conference.

The projects that will be considered must be non-commercial and closely associated with Linux and open source. The organizers say an active, involved community will be a key factor in selecting projects. Projects that focus on business applications and demonstrate innovation and development are also favored.

Projects that are selected to attend must have their booths set up and manned throughout the show, and are responsible for letting their community and the public at large know they will be attending CeBIT. In turn, chosen projects will also be featured in the German- and English- language Linux Magazine sites.

Judging will be done by a jury composed of Linux Foundation members and other open source experts, and winners should be selected and notified by the end of November.

Unfortunately, for some open source projects, getting enough manpower and presenters assembled and coordinated in time for (and for the entire duration of) the tradeshow might be impossible, even with the offer of a free booth. For those that are able, however, this could be an excellent opportunity to bring their project to the attention of an international audience of IT professionals and a world of potential developers and contributors.


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It'll be interesting to observe how Open Source fairs at CeBIT Hannover. Here at CeBIT Australia 2008, it was a miserable showing. It looked more like a swap fest with rag tag booths set up by various Linux associations and business buyers avoiding that section of the floorspace altogether. I felt for the commercial Open Source vendors (e.g. Red Hat) who found themselves in the same section, it must have been a very dull and tedious few days.

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