2008 LinuxWorld Hosts Open Source Community Days

Four of the biggest and most vibrant communities in open source
will convene at this summer's event for day-long sessions
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
IDG World Expo has announced that this year's LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo(R) will host four open source community events,
providing an ideal opportunity for people involved in major open
source projects to join other community members and share notes,
discuss code, learn from each other, and work. The four projects
represented by these individual "Community Days" include Moblin.org,
PostgreSQL, openSUSE, and Ubuntu. LinuxWorld(R) is scheduled to take
place August 4-7, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

"The LinuxWorld community days represent an unprecedented
opportunity for mature and active open source projects such as
PostgreSQL to introduce their project to the world of professional
open source," said Joshua D. Drake, President, U.S. PostgreSQL
Association. "We're excited that the LinuxWorld organizers are
welcoming us to the event and cementing their commitment to the
community at large."

One Community Day will take place each day of the event:

-- Moblin World Tour, presented by Moblin.org - Monday, August 4:
900 million units by 2011 can't be all that bad. MID, In Car
Infotainment, Netbooks, and more product categories are going
Moblin. Checkout details on Moblin's Large Market Potential,
with a Rich Media Solution, providing a Visually Rich Mobile
Internet Experience, and Energy-Efficient Performance, not to
mention Development Tools and Community support.

-- PostgreSQL Community Day - Tuesday, August 5: PostgreSQL is
the world's most advanced open source database. Attendees of
this community day will have the opportunity to educate
themselves on where PostgreSQL fits into their enterprise.

-- openSUSE Community Day - Wednesday, August 6: The openSUSE
Community Day will include presentations and tutorials for end
users and developers by prominent members of the openSUSE
community.

-- UbuCon - Thursday, August 7: UbuCon is a community driven,
community organized event that is all about Ubuntu Linux. Fun,
irreverent, but also with content of interest to users,
developers, and those curious about the Ubuntu phenomenon, an
UbuCon is part open space event and part user conference.

"LinuxWorld has always been committed to supporting projects in
the Linux and open source community, and our .org Pavilion(R), which
provides free exhibit space to developers creating the latest free and
open source software, is a perfect example of that. By adding these
community days to the show agenda, we are expanding our support of
these groups and fulfilling our role as the gathering place for the
entire open source community," said Melinda Kendall, Vice President
and General Manager, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. "The four
organizations joining us this year represent some of the biggest and
most vibrant communities in open source today and we're thrilled to be
hosting them at LinuxWorld."

For a complete schedule of the LinuxWorld Community Days, please
visit www.linuxworldexpo.com.

LinuxWorld is the premier event for the Linux and open source
community, bringing together industry leaders shaping the future of
new enterprise technology in the largest single gathering of business
and technical leaders deploying Linux and open source solutions. To
register for the event, please visit www.linuxworldexpo.com.

About LinuxWorld Conference & Expo

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the premier event exclusively
focused on Linux and open source solutions. As the world's most
comprehensive marketplace for open source products and services,
LinuxWorld provides business decision-makers with information and
resources to implement Linux and open source solutions into business
infrastructure and enterprise networks. For more information or to
register for the event, visit the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Web
site at www.linuxworldexpo.com, or call (800) 657-1474. For exhibiting
opportunities, please contact Amy Bonner at (508) 424-4892 or
amy_bonner@idg.com or Giovanni Stein at (508) 424-4864 or
Giovanni_stein@idg.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact
Ellen Boland at (508) 988-7830 or Michelle Mohr at (508) 424-4855, or
michelle_mohr@idg.com.

About IDG World Expo

IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) is a leading producer of
tradeshows and events for professionals and consumers seeking
world-class education, peer-to-peer networking and one-stop comparison
shopping. IDG World Expo's portfolio of conferences and events
includes Entertainment For All(TM) (E For All(TM)), E3 Media &
Business Summit, GreenXchange Xpo(TM), LinuxWorld Conference &
Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo(R), Next Generation Data
Center(TM) (NGDC(TM)) and REVEAL Los Angeles...The Fashion & Design
Event(TM). IDG World Expo is a business unit of IDG, the world's
leading technology media, research and event company.

IDG World Expo
Charlotte McCormack, 508-424-4837
charlotte_mccormack@idg.com

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