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Why Open Standards and what Document Freedom has to do with it
Participate Document Freedom Day
Standards in Information and Communication Technology control markets and people. They rule whther a market is open or not. On one hand they are a tool to control technologies and their use, on the other they (should) improve interoperability. [more]

OBOOE meeting at FOSDEM
(OBOOE internal event)
OBOOE members will meet at the FOSDEM in Brusseles. Starting with the Open Beer event on friday before the the conference, we will have a meeting at FOSDEM or around. More information will be provided as soon as available

EU: Organisation to represent Open Source SMEs
Open Source News - 24 January 2008 - EU and Europe-wide - General
A non-profit organisation founded by a group of Open Source enthusiasts is to "create a voice for the thousands of small and medium enterprises which are currently an under-represented industry and a vital part of the European economy".

Open Source Business Organisations in Europe unite
(OBOOE Press Release 2008-01-13)
Representatives of the European open source software industries gathered in Berlin 10th of January 2008 to found a network of European Open Source SMEs. The purpose of the network is to create a voice for the thousands of SMEs which are a currently under-represented industry and a vital part of the European economy. More