OBOOE: Open source business sector launches a European federation
OBOOE is new umbrella Federation bringing together European business associations and organizations related to free, libre and open source software. The Federation goals are to encourage cross-border networking between national initiatives and to become a voice for the sector.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) create most free software products and solutions. This new thriving industry is currently under-represented and most communication about IT policies remains controlled by few large competing businesses.
To change this state of fact, representatives of the European open source software industry gathered in Berlin on January 10. They decided to launch a Federation of European open source business association. The initiative, named OBOOE “Open Source Business Organizations Of Europe”, aims to regroup national and regional associations of open source businesses.
With a
special focus on SME, OBOOE aims to become a common voice for the European open
source software industry. It will promote and defend joint interests of this
new open ecosystem involving SME and users from private and public sector.
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