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Paris-Based ‘Open Source Experience’ Conference Hands Out ‘Acteurs du Libre’ Awards
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Last week the city of Paris played host to this year’s two-day Open Source Experience event, where each year the Acteurs du Libre awards are handed out. Open Source Experience is a professional conference and expo focused on open source technologies and their role in digital transformation, digital sovereignty, and enterprise IT.
If you live here in the States, you’re likely to have never heard of it — partly due to national hubris and partly due to geography — but in France and the rest of Europe, it’s a big deal. For each of the last several years it has attracted something like 4,000 attendees, with about 90 exhibitors on site, and more than 100 conference sessions. It positions itself as a major European business event for open source, bringing together vendors, users, public bodies, and community organizations.
The six awards recognize various aspects of the free software ecosphere and are considered important, not only in France but throughout Europe.