  The import of HERA data on heavy quark production for LHC experiments is
discussed. Knowlegde of all aspects of the beauty and charm production process,
viz. the parton density functions of colliding hadrons, the hard scatter, and
the fragmentation of the quarks into hadrons, can aid LHC experimentation. This
short write-up concentrates on possible influences HERA data can have and on
the current status (and history) of beauty production from both HERA and
Tevatron experiments. In general, next-to-leading order QCD gives a reasonable
description of beauty production although some regions of phase space such as
low p_T show indications of differences.
