Background

　　As a global professional exhibition & conference brand organized by IDG (International Data Group), LinuxWorld is held in more than 10 countries and districts such as America, UK, Japan, German, China, and so on. In 2000, LinuxWorld won a complete success when it was first held in China (Beijing), and evoked a number of responses in the industry. As an extension of the world–famous Linux exhibition and conference in China, LinuxWorld China has grown together with the Linux technology, products and applications in China, and has been successfully held for five sessions till now. There are numerous specialists, manufacturers and user representatives in the area of Linux development and application on the event, communicating and discussing side by side about the products, technology and operation widely and deeply. It is absolutely the most influential and educational professional information technology event in Linux operation platform in China.

　　LinuxWorld China aims to promote the communication and cooperation in the development, application, service, and management operation of Linux between domestic and foreign information technology manufacturers, professionals and enterprise users, and to release the giant potential of the application market, in order to advance the development of Linux operation system and various application software based on Linux platform and the wide useage in all ranges of national economy, and to accelerate the information construction of the government and enterprises.

　　As a large-scale global Linux professional information technology event held in China, LinuxWorld China has gained strong support from government administrative departments and authoritative organizations in the industry, and has actively participated by solution program suppliers, decision makers of enterprises, users in the industry, distributors / suppliers, and IT professionals.

　　In 2005, LinuxWorld first launched in Shanghai and widely penetrated its influence into the Eastern China which has a strong financial and manufacturing industry. Taking the theme of “Application of Linux to Enterprises”, LinuxWorld Shanghai 2005 offered proper Linux application solution programs for various enterprise users in application industry. The content of more than 20 keynote speeches and general sessions ranged from technology, development trend, solutions, to application and propagation, and many other areas. And the product display also included the application achievement exhibition of Shanghai Linux Industry Promotion Alliance, and the product and program display of Novell, Red Hat, CS2C, PogoLinux and other leading enterprises in the industry.