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International Congress: "Open Source meets Industry" at the Hannover Fair 2008
Learn what Open Source is all about!
Open Source software such as the Linux operating system has gained wide acceptance in the machine and automation industry. But what is Open Source software all about, anyway? How is it developed, what needs to be considered when it is used in a product?
To answer these questions, OSADL is organizing an international congress on Open Source and Linux in the industry at the Hannover Fair 2008.
Program, April 22, 2008
09:30 Thomas Rilke, Director of Industrial Automation of the Deutsche Messe AG: Welcome note
09:35 Rainer Glatz, Managing Director of the Electrical Automation Association within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA): Software: Innovation for the engineering industry
09:40 Thomas Gleixner: Opening remarks
09:45 Alan Cox: History of Linux and the Open Source/Free Software movement
10:30 Andrew Morton: Production process, bug tracking and quality assurance of the Linux kernel
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Greg Kroah-Hartmann: Linux drivers for all hardware on earth
12:15 Bruce Perens: Open Source as a successful business model
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Thomas Gleixner: Extending the Linux kernel for use in the industry
15:15 Till Jaeger: Legal aspects of using Open Source software in business
16:00 Carsten Emde, General Manager of the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) eG: We need a "Linux company": Here is one
16:30 Visit of the OSADL-organized live demonstrations of machines running Open Source software. This show is part of the Application Park in hall 17.
17:30 End of the conference