After a 1.5 year stint in Linux virtualization and cluster file systems (thanks SUSE for the exciting times – btw, they’re hiring!), I’m most happy to report today a return to fulltime LibreOffice work.
Starting already from last Thursday, I’m now part of a growing team of LibreOffice experts at the German CIB, one more in a set of independent software vendors offering service, support, consulting, as well as migration and trainings around LibreOffice. In my other capacity as chairman of LibreOffice’s The Document Foundation, it is most encouraging to see this thriving ecosystem, providing real choice to anyone deploying LibreOffice professionally.
CIB GmbH
Did I mention that The Document Foundation really encourages everyone relying on LibreOffice in a business setup, to talk to one of the ecosystem companies for (optional) bugfixing and support? This is not because LibreOffice would not be usable as such, but instead it is my experience that bugs and other problems turn up only with specific documents. A service contract with one of the listed companies gives your specific problems the priority they need, when you need it.
What else to add at this point? I look forward being in Munich most of this month, one of the larger LibreOffice deployments in the public sector, that we’re supporting. I’d like to encourage anyone using, or considering use of LibreOffice professionally, to take a look at Munich as a wonderful example; and of course CIB — and I personally — would be most happy to support you and your company to make your LibreOffice deployment a success!
And lastly, we’re still growing our team. Please check our (German) jobs page for offers, and/or if you’re an experienced LibreOffice hacker, contact me directly. For all of the above, my new work email is Thorsten.Behrens at CIB.de.
Happy hacking, and see you around! 🙂
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