ADVISORY/First Conference on Financial and Legal Impact of Open Source Software on Global Business Debuts March 16 and 17 in San Francisco - Press Invited.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Monday (March 15)

Open Source Business Conference 2004

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004

    What:       Open Source Business Conference 2004

    Keynotes:   --  Clayton Christensen, author of the "Innovator's
                    Dilemma"

                --  Raymond Lane, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

                --  Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School professor,
                    author of "The Future of Ideas" and "Code and
                    Other Laws of Cyberspace"

                --  David Ritter, The Boston Consulting Group

                --  Martin Fink, HP

                --  Scott Handy, IBM

                --  Chris Stone, Novell

                --  Mark Bregman, VERITAS

    When:       March 16 and 17

    Where:      Westin St. Francis Hotel
                San Francisco, California

    Details:    The Open Source Business Conference is the first time
                that top investment, legal, customer and vendor firms
                have gathered for a candid conversation about how to
                build a business on open source software. Learn from
                Microsoft about its strategy to capitalize on open
                source. Hear from legal experts on the impact of SCO
                Group's challenges to Linux and how they think the
                courts will rule. Find out where the top venture
                capitalists are investing today and tomorrow. Get
                first-hand insights into how Global 2000 companies are
                using open source in their organizations to save money
                and gain competitive market advantages.

    Attendee
    Registration: http://www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/
                  registration.asp?id=/m2c692-917537729819
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    Media
    Registration: http://www.osbc2004.com/registration.html

Sponsors

Sponsors of Open Source Business Conference 2004 include Boston Consulting Group, Computer Associates, Finnegan Henderson, Gluecode Software, Groundwork Open Source Solutions, HP, IBM, Intel, Linux Networx, Metrowerks, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, OSAIA, Sendmail, SGI, Summit Law Group, VERITAS, Wind River Systems, and Zope.

Media sponsors include Business 2.0, Fortune, InformationWeek, Optimize, O'Reilly, OSDN, RedHerring, San Francisco Chronicle, SDForum and ZDNet.

About Open Source Business Conference

The Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), the premier event for open source and business, is the leading independent forum for addressing the business, legal and financial issues facing technology vendors and organizations deploying open source software. OSBC 2004 will be held March 16-17, in San Francisco at the Westin St. Francis. View details and register at www.osbc2004.com.

Open Source Business Conference is a trademark of Genus Group LLC. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.