The strong growth of open source in IT will be demonstrated with its prominent placement at the world's largest computer event, CeBIT 2010.

That's the news coming out of Hannover, Germany the permanent home for the CeBIT show, where the CeBIT Open Source 2010 event will be taking center stage at one of the largest expo halls according to show organizers Deutsche Messe. According to Britta Wülfing, CeBIT Event Manager, the shift of the Open Source exhibition to the more prominent Hall 2 is a direct response to the huge popularity this segment of the show enjoyed in 2009.

"Nearly 47,000 attendees chose open source as a subject they were interested in," Wülfing said in an interview. Given numbers like that--for a segment of the CeBIT show that was brand-new in 2009--it's little wonder that Deutsche Messe and partner Linux Pro Magazine are touting the recent Call for Projects for CeBIT Open Source 2010.

Wülfing indicated that the trade show's organizers, having fully grasped the popularity of open source, are now putting even more of a spotlight on the topic by giving the topic a home in what Wülfing describes as a much better venue. "It's wonderful they saw the big success in 2009," she said.

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