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+# OpenChangeSim
+
+OpenChangeSim implements a simulator able to reproduce the behavior of
+thousands of Outlook clients talking to an Exchange server at the same
+time.
+
+OpenChangeSim is open source and released under the terms of the GNU
+General Public License v3 or later (GPL).
+
+Information on how to build, configure and run OpenChangeSim are
+available from openchange.org website:
+
+[http://www.openchange.org/documentation/openchangesim/index.html](http://www.openchange.org/documentation/openchangesim/index.html)