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==== LinuxTag 2004 ====
[[Image:Red Hat at the 2004 LinuxTag conference and exhibition in Karlsruhe, German.jpg|thumb|left|Red Hat at the LinuxTag 2004]]
LinuxTag 2004<ref>''german'' Website des LinuxTag 2004 https://www.linuxtag.org/2004/</ref> took place from 23 to 26 June for the third time at the Messe Karlsruhe in 2004. Those who applied on the LinuxTag homepage got in for free. For the regular entrance fee of €&nbsp;10 one received a Tux-pin, a Knoppix DVD and a DVD with [[FreeBSD]], [[NetBSD]] and [[OpenBSD]].

LinuxTag 2004 had the slogan ''"Free source - free world"''. 16,175 visitors were counted. A record number of about 170 exhibitors, among them many freelance projects, but also numerous large and medium-sized enterprises attended. [[Hewlett-Packard]] was the third time ''Official Cornerstone Partner''. Other major companies at the exhibition were the C & L Verlag, [[Intel]], [[Novell]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[SAP AG|SAP]] and [[Sun Microsystems]]. For the first time [[Microsoft]] was represented with a booth.

On the single-day business and administration sub-conference on 24 June business and government case studies plus success stories of the use of open source software were presented. Among other things, also issues with computer [[Computer Virus|viruses]] and [[computer worm|worms]] were addressed.

For the free conference, a record of about 350 proposals from 20 countries were handed in, of which 130 could be accommodated in the program. The fundamental threat of [[software patent|software patents]] for Open Source Software was an important topic. As already in 1999 one could undergo a LPI 101 certification at LinuxTag.<ref>''german'' LPIC101 at LinuxTag 2004 https://www.lpice.eu/de/lpi-partner/lpi-ev/archiv-der-pressemitteilungen/09062004-pruefungen-beim-linuxtag-2004.html</ref>  As at most LinuxTag events, a coding marathon and a hacking contest were performed.