system . blue systems type gmbh industry free software founder clemens t nnies jr. headquarters bielefeld germany area served worldwide products netrunner kubuntu owner clemens t nnies jr. website blue systems.com blue systems is a german it company . it is most prominent as a driving force behind kubuntu and a major kde supporter with a number of kde developers working for blue systems . according to blue systems employee aur lien g teau blue systems does not have a business model at least for now . 1 background edit blue systems was founded by german businessman clemens t nnies jr. he is a son of the deceased bernd t nnies who founded meat production heavyweight t nnies lebensmittel in 1971 . 2 3 clemens t nnies jr. inherited 25 % but left the company by transferring his shares to his brother robert who now owns 50 % of t nnies lebensmittel . citation needed the other 50 % are owned by bernd s brother clemens t nnies sr. who is also the chairman of fc schalke 04 s board of directors . t nnies lebensmittel generated 4.3 billion euro revenue in 2011 . 4 german it website golem.de did a feature about t nnies jr. in july 2012 . according to the feature t nnies jr. studied computer science was 36 years old at the time of publication and was described as a philanthropist . 1 history edit blue systems became first known as creator of ubuntu kubuntu based linux distribution netrunner whose first release was in march 2010 . 5 in february 2012 clement lefebvre of ubuntu kubuntu based linux mint announced that blue systems would become a sponsor to help mint s kde edition . 6 7 after canonical ltd. stepped down as the main sponsor of kubuntu in february 2012 8 blue systems stepped into that role in april 2012 . 9 in 2012 blue systems gained more attention by hiring at least nine kde developers . 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 among the hired kde developers are former canonical employees jonathan riddell and aur lien g teau who joined in april 2012 18 as well as long time kwin developer martin gr sslin who announced in october 2012 to switch to blue systems to work full time on kwin beginning january 2013 . 19 on 13 january 2016 opendesktop.org founder frank karlitschek announced that his company hive01 gmbh along with opendesktop.org and related web sites has been bought by blue systems . 20 21 22 later that year in september 2016 kde e.v. announced that the kde related opendesktop.org site now operates under kde s umbrella as kde store run by blue systems sister company pling.it . 23 24 references edit a b clemens t nnies der neue philanthrop hinter kubuntu in german . golem.de . retrieved 2012 10 08 . rheda wiedenbr ck familienstreit bei t nnies l hmt schlachtkonzern in german . neue westf lische . retrieved 2012 10 08 . hdnet gmbh & co. kg . about t nnies lebensmittel gmbh & co. kg . toennies.com . retrieved 2012 10 08 . t nnies steigert umsatz auf 4 3 milliarden euro in german . neue westf lische . 2011 02 16 . retrieved 2012 10 08 . clemens t nnies jr. 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