Freie Universität Berlin
(or FUB)
is one of the large universities in Germany with 40000 students and 4300 staff
and is a high-class research institution. Lutz Prechelt is professor for
Informatics with specialty software engineering. He has performed a number of
empirical studies on various aspects of software development; including one of
the few large-scale empirical comparisons of programming languages (80
programmers each implemented the same small specification in either C, C++, Java, Perl,
Python, Rexx, or Tcl).
FUB's role in Plat_Forms is primarily in defining the contest and in
scientifically evaluating the results.
Linux Business Campus Nürnberg
e.V. (or LBCN) is a recently founded association that promotes contacts between
businesses and scientific institutions. The majority (but not all) of its
activities have to do with Open Source Software in some way or another. LBCN is
organized as a set of projects and contributing to Plat_Forms is one of them.
LBCN's role in Plat_Forms is primarily in acquiring sponsors, contest
committee members, and teams.
'iX is the oldest and most
popular magazine for enterprise computing ("professional IT technology") in the
German-language area and also a frequent host of conferences and workshops.
The role of 'iX in Plat_Forms is primarily publicity and organization.
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