Free, open source software, with the Linux operating system as one of its significant manifestations, has got increasing deployment on computers and technical devices across the globe. Whether it be a mobile phone operating system such as Google's Android, or the "embedded Linux" that serves as the core to e-book readers, TVs or in the automotive industry, free software has become indispensable in the digital age.
Open Source is a topic that has always filled the trade show halls in recent years. And 2012 is no exception – visitors to CeBIT can once more look forward to a concentrated Open Source offering. The Open Source Area in Hall 2 offers everything under one roof: the Open Source Forum, the Open Source Project Lounge and the Open Source Park.
Free software has established itself in more or less every aspect of business life and administration. And it is hard to imagine daily life without Open Source, whether as the operating system for cellphones and tablets (Android), in the datacenters of the world's major IT providers (Linux server installations), or as the firmware in satellite navigation systems, cash desks or network systems (Embedded Linux).
In the Open Source Area, visitors can experience three areas under one roof: the Open Source Forum, the Open Source Project Lounge and the Open Source Park. The Open Source Area is organized jointly by Deutsche Messe AG and specialist publishers .
Open Source Park. offers a joint exhibition of commercial vendors of free software solutions.
The focus on Open Source gives potential customers and exhibitors the perfect opportunity to meet without time wasting.
The most exciting Open Source projects will be presented in the Open Source Project Lounge. The focus will be on new developments and innovative solutions.
Besides the presentation at the Hanover fair, projects will have the option of publishing their work on the www.linux-magazin.de and www.linux-magazine.com media portals and on the CeBIT website.
In the scope of the keynote program at the Open Source Forum, experts will be talking on their experiences in the deployment of Open Source in industrial and administrative applications. In a series of talks and keynotes, visitors can learn about new projects and the current trends.
The Program Committee is open to proposals for keynote topics until January 8, 2012 on www.linux-magazine.com.
The program of talks will be broadcast as a Live-Stream from CeBIT and will be available free of charge later from the Online Archive.
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