Federal Interior Ministry patronages the Business and Government Conference at LinuxTag 2004
Jun 7th, 00:21 UTC
During this year's LinuxTag, again the business and government
conference is hold on June 24, 2004 from 9am to 6pm. The program is
divided into three parallel tracks. BERLIN, KARLSRUHE. June 1st, 2004. "Over 20 speakers present the
most recent trends and usage potentials of Free Software in business
and public administration. Additional speakers will present
successful migrations of single companies and public offices. As an
example the Deutschen Bahn AG will present their strategic GNU/Linux
concept. International speakers in addition will talk about the use
and handling of Free Software and Open Source in different European
countries" explained Boris Lingl, coordinator of the business- and
government conference. This conference stands again under patronage of
the Federal Interior Ministry (Bundesministerium des Inneren). The
presentations target especially deciders and IT administrators in both
business and public administration.
Free Software Press Agency founded.
Together with the Free Software Foundation Europe and the KDE project,
LinuxTag e.V. founded the Free Software Press Agency in Berlin. "The
goal of the FSPA is to provide journalists and PR professionals with
up to date and thorough background information about the Free Software
universe. The continuous placement of news about the participating
projects is a milestone to find your way in this rapidly developing
and innovative GNU/Linux field", explained Andreas Gebhard, who is
spokesman LinuxTag e.V. and head of the Free Software Press Agency.
Tutorials at LinuxTag.
For the first time during this year's LinuxTag, tutorials are
offered. While the business and government conference offers an
overview on the broad specter Free Software offers, the tutorial
participants can get a deep insight into single projects and
topics. Professional users can increase their knowledge of Free
Software during the various tutorials that will be lead by renowned
experts.
LinuxTag is Europe's largest
fair and congress around Linux and Free Software. It takes place at
the Fair- and Congress Center in Karlsruhe from June 23rd to June
26th, 2004.
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