FOSS facilitates communication for German fair trade co-op

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 30, 2006 3:42 AM EDT
NewsForge; By Dmitri Popov
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Plattsalat is an organic and fair trade food cooperative in Stuttgart, Germany. Its members run the co-op, paying a monthly fee for the privilege of purchasing goods, making decisions, and participating in the work that goes into keeping a shop like Plattsalat running. But with 250 members, making sure everyone gets their say can get complicated. In order to disseminate information and facilitate communication, Plattsalat set up its own wiki. Board member Thomas Becker says open source software "fits our philosophy, political ideas, and our aims to change the world for the better."

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