Open Source inspires us
In the meanwhile, Linux offers the functionality known already from the modern operating systems. Currently, more than tens of millions of users worldwide use Linux successfully and the software belongs to the so-called main stream.
2011, Linux-Verband e.V. (LIVE Linux Association, registered association) and the Linux Solution Group e.V. consolidated to Open Source Business Alliance e.V. (OSB Alliance). The association is a representative and a competent consultant for the interests of the Open Source companies in Germany and Europe. Furthermore, OSB Alliance is a reference person for media, business, public organisations and politics in all matters that are related to the conception of the free software and Open Source. OSB Alliance is actively engaged in future development of Open Source and Open Standards within IT. Additionally, OSB Alliance supports projects within current and market-relevant open source topics that include a cooperation of different companies for elabotration of solutions. OSB Alliance offers a networking platform for projects, partners and interested parties.
We are an active member of the association and contribute to the described goal attainment.
More about Open Source Business Alliance e.V.: www.osb-alliance.com
Moreover, we work intensively within the OTRS project "otrs.org" and support the project with maintenance, development and bugfixing within the OTRS core and OTRS additional modules. OTRS (former Open Ticket Request System) is a ticket and communication management system developed under the free software licence AGPL. Our wide extended products KIX4OTRS and KIXbox have been developed based on the OTRS.
More about the OTRS.org-project: www.otrs.org
To influence the current development of the software and to actively exchange opinions with community representatives and members beyond the realised and currently running projects with our customers, we support OTRS Community Board (OCB) founded in February 2011. OCB is a committee of OTRS community members and promotes the further development of the OTRS software and the OTRS community. Therefore, OCB participates in regional community meetings (so-called “Stammtische”, group of regulars) and is represented within different events as among all LinuxTag in Berlin, Chemnitzer Linux-Tage, FrOSCon or OpenRheinRuhr.
More about OTRS Community Board (OCB): www.otterhub.org
Furthermore, we support a handball team from the sport association SV Chemnitz-Harthau, because »The promotion of a local handball sport is a matter of heart« (Thomas Maier, CEO).
More about the handball team: www.sv-chemnitz-harthau.de
