Bit by bit the world around us is changing.The way we use and think of IT products is still evolving and the way we make IT products is becoming more advanced. This paper exams the possibilities for open business innovation using open source software and the power of the communities around open source software.

Keywords: Open Innovation, Open Source,KDE4, Drupal,AMQ, Fosdem2009

In our search for new ideas we visited Fosdem 2009. Fosdem is an abbreviation for Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (Fosdem).Fosdem is an event created for the OSS community by volunteers. This events was organized for the 9th time in 2009. With more than 5000 visiters and roughly 250 lectures  it is the place to be to find out what is going on in various OSS communities.

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