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 //Make it easy for organizations to adopt Free Software.// //Make it easy for organizations to adopt Free Software.//
  
-  * If we are serious about Free Software, we must also be serious about being accepted as sustainable solution providers in the now dominating Free Market however flawed it may be.+  * If we are serious about [[https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/|Free Software]], we must also be serious about being accepted as sustainable solution providers in the now dominating Free Market however flawed it may be.
   * To be accepted, we must offer our Free Software Solutions in a solid corporate framework where contracts, invoicing and all other bureaucratic elements are according to legal standards.   * To be accepted, we must offer our Free Software Solutions in a solid corporate framework where contracts, invoicing and all other bureaucratic elements are according to legal standards.
  
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 //The Libre Business Model is an application of Free Software Design Patterns.// //The Libre Business Model is an application of Free Software Design Patterns.//
  
-  * Concepts like Decentralization, Peer-to-Peer, Distribution and Confederation are ingrained into Free Software Design and considered best practice to let users optimally exercise their freedom. \\ \\ -> //“With Free Software users control their own computer instead of being controlled by their computer.”// \\ \\+  * Concepts like Decentralization, Peer-to-Peer, Distribution and Federation are ingrained into Free Software Design and considered best practice to let users optimally exercise their freedom. \\ \\ -> //“With Free Software users control their own computer instead of being controlled by their computer.”// \\ \\
   * Likewise, a Libre Business Model is designed as a distributed federation of small business units, or individual professionals, who cooperate peer-to-peer to accomplish well defined Free Software community targets. \\ \\ -> //“In a Libre Business Model partners run their own business instead of being run by a business.”// \\ \\    * Likewise, a Libre Business Model is designed as a distributed federation of small business units, or individual professionals, who cooperate peer-to-peer to accomplish well defined Free Software community targets. \\ \\ -> //“In a Libre Business Model partners run their own business instead of being run by a business.”// \\ \\ 
   * A distributed design facilitates fail-over capability. Partners can take over each others work when one of them is unavailable. This makes Free Software Support sustainable. \\ \\    * A distributed design facilitates fail-over capability. Partners can take over each others work when one of them is unavailable. This makes Free Software Support sustainable. \\ \\ 
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 ==== Results ==== ==== Results ====
  
-The Libre Software Practice has proved to work. To date, the SavaPage Community comprises 16 subscribing organizations with a total of 48,000 users. SLA contracts got signed. There is financial revenue and profit. +The Libre Software Practice has proved to work. To date, the SavaPage Community comprises 18 subscribing organizations with a total of 49,000 users. SLA contracts got signed. There is financial revenue and profit. 
  
 ==== Ambitions ==== ==== Ambitions ====
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