Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 2006-03-28
OpenPKG GmbH established to provide commercial services to
business customers of OpenPKG, the Open-Source cross-platform
multiple-instance Unix software packaging solution.
http://www.openpkg.org http://www.openpkg.com http://www.openpkg.net
— Munich, DE — 2006-03-28 — After resource consolidations and
organizational restructuring during 2005, the Open Source software
project OpenPKG is proud to finally announce the establishment of
the OpenPKG GmbH, a sibling organization with the dedicated goal of
providing commercial services to OpenPKG business customers.
The corporation was founded by Ralf S. Engelschall and Thomas
Lotterer in December 2005 to finally meet the long-standing demands
in the OpenPKG community. The corporation is able to provide project
management, consulting, development, deployment, training, support,
maintenance and operation services to OpenPKG and Unix business
customers.
The OpenPKG Project (.org) is now complemented by the OpenPKG GmbH (.com)
and the OpenPKG Foundation e.V. (.net). This is visually reflected with
the three new independent websites launched today, too.
ABOUT OPENPKG
For 5 years OpenPKG has been the undisputed world leading instrument
for deployment and maintenance of Open Source Unix software when
administration crosses platform boundaries. The unique OpenPKG
architecture leverages proven technologies like Red Hat Package
Manager (RPM) and OSSP and GNU components to establish a unified
software administration environment, independent of the underlying
Unix operating system. As of March 2006, OpenPKG consists of over
91000 lines of polished package specifications, resulting in over 950
freely available individual Unix software packages.
HISTORY OF THE OPENPKG PROJECT
The Open Source software project OpenPKG was founded in 2000 by
Ralf S. Engelschall and first released to the public in January
2002. Today OpenPKG is a mature technology in production use. It is
maintained and improved by its original developers and volunteer
contributors. Its end user and developer community is organized in the
OpenPKG Foundation e.V. while its business customers are looked after
by the OpenPKG GmbH.
HISTORY OF THE OPENPKG CORPORATION
The OpenPKG GmbH is a sibling organization with the dedicated goal
of providing commercial services to OpenPKG business customers. The
corporation was founded by Ralf S. Engelschall and Thomas Lotterer
in December 2005 to finally meet the long-standing demands for
professional services in the OpenPKG business community. Official
registration under German law was completed on 2005-12-22 and the
business activities officially started on 2006-01-16.
HISTORY OF THE OPENPKG FOUNDATION
The OpenPKG Foundation e.V. is a non-profit sibling association with
the dedicated goal of supporting the OpenPKG project with computing
and manpower resources. It also organizes the social network of
OpenPKG.
The idea for the OpenPKG Foundation was born by Ralf S. Engelschall
and Thomas Lotterer in January 2005. On 2005-02-09 the association was
kicked off and official registration under German law was completed on
2005-03-18. Today the OpenPKG Foundation e.V. counts eighteen members
and is open for more people from the OpenPKG community to join.
MORE INFORMATION
openpkg.org: openpkg.com: openpkg.net:
Ralf S. Engelschall OpenPKG GmbH OpenPKG Foundation e.V.
Silnerstraße 28 Weblinger Weg 28 Weblinger Weg 28
85221 Dachau 85221 Dachau 85221 Dachau
Germany Germany Germany
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