Stuttgart Region Development Corporation created and coordinates the initiative "Open Source Region Stuttgart". With more than 40 events to date, some 170,000 visitors to the website and more than 30 million media contacts, the initiative was most effective in making the IT-industry and IT-users more aware of their Open Source software options.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg.

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BitRock provides tools and services to make software easier to use and deploy for both end-users and ISVs. BitRock's InstallBuilder and customized, ready-to-bundle open source stacks combine powerful software with easy to use management tools. BitRock allows software vendors to deliver a great end-user experience while saving time and support costs.

The Chaos Computer Club Stuttgart has found itself in the spirit of the Chaos Computer Club in Berlin. There are regular meetings and talks for the public. The main subjects and discussion are creative use of technology, privacy, data security and subjects nearby. Since last year they are also helping in the organisation of Conferences in the Region of Stuttgart - so far this was the aKaDEmy last year and Guadec this year.

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