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Open Source Business Foundation starts Open Source Business Award 2009
Headquartered
in Nuremberg, Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (www.osbf.eu), the
European network of the open source sector, is now inviting entries for
the 2009 Open Source Business Award. The OSBF is the largest European
business plan competition, and is open to all companies, consortia,
public authorities and private individuals concerned with innovative
solutions that are based on open source software. This will be the
third time OSBF is hosting the Open Source Business Award. Participants
have until November 30, 2008 to submit their business plans and
concepts to win prize money totaling EUR 78,000, coaching offerings by
established international experts and venture capital financing. The
OSBF jury will be judging the following categories: innovativeness,
creativity, functionality, practicability, attractiveness to the
market, competitive advantage, management and the quality of the
presentation of the business concept. The awards ceremony will be held
on January 28, 2009, during the "Open Source Meets Business”
congress, which publishers Heise Verlag are staging in cooperation with
OSBF in Nuremberg. The award winners will also be able to present
themselves at the congress and to establish interesting contacts with
IT decision makers from European business and open source
community.
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