<s>
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
German	O
IT	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
most	O
prominent	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
KDE	B-Application
supporter	O
and	O
previous	O
driving	O
force	O
behind	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
developers	O
working	O
for	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
employee	O
Aurélien	O
Gâteau	O
,	O
"	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
business	O
model	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
for	O
now	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
by	O
German	O
businessman	O
Clemens	O
Tönnies	O
Jr.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
feature	O
,	O
Tönnies	O
Jr.	O
studied	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
was	O
36	O
years	O
old	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
publication	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
philanthropist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
became	O
first	O
known	O
as	O
creator	O
of	O
Ubuntu/Kubuntu	O
-based	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
Netrunner	B-Application
whose	O
first	O
release	O
was	O
in	O
March	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Clement	B-Application
Lefebvre	I-Application
of	O
Ubuntu/Kubuntu	O
-based	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
would	O
become	O
a	O
sponsor	O
to	O
help	O
Mint	O
's	O
KDE	B-Application
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
sponsor	O
of	O
Kubuntu	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
stepped	O
into	O
that	O
role	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
gained	O
more	O
attention	O
by	O
hiring	O
at	O
least	O
nine	O
KDE	B-Application
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
hired	O
KDE	B-Application
developers	O
are	O
former	O
Canonical	O
employees	O
Jonathan	O
Riddell	O
and	O
Aurélien	O
Gâteau	O
,	O
who	O
joined	O
in	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
long-time	O
KWin	B-Language
developer	O
Martin	O
Grässlin	O
who	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
2012	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
to	O
work	O
full-time	O
on	O
KWin	B-Language
beginning	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
founder	O
Frank	B-Language
Karlitschek	I-Language
announced	O
that	O
his	O
company	O
hive01	B-Operating_System
GmbH	O
along	O
with	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
and	O
related	O
web	O
sites	O
has	O
been	O
bought	O
by	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
KDE	B-Operating_System
e.V.	I-Operating_System
</s>
<s>
announced	O
that	O
the	O
former	O
openDesktop.org	B-Language
site	O
"	O
kde-look.org	O
 "	O
now	O
operates	O
under	O
KDE	B-Application
's	O
umbrella	O
as	O
KDE	B-Application
Store	O
,	O
operated	O
by	O
Blue	O
Systems’	O
“	O
sister	O
company	O
”	O
Pling	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
