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+# WiSim - Business Game
+The application "WiSim" is an interactive business game written in Java. It simulates the task scope and the complex processes of a hub producing company. Features are the simulation of production, sale, purchase and customer / supplier administration.
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+The application was developed in 2000 - 2001 by Benjamin Pasero and Kay Patzwald and original published on [Sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/wisim/).
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