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								      <h3 align="center">GNOME Foundation Enters China With Membership of RedFlag Software Co. Ltd.</h3>
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								NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2001-- RedFlag's Membership in the Foundation
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								Signals the Localization of GNOME Into Chinese -- Making it Available to More Than One
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								Billion People
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								In a move that will make GNOME available to more than a billion people, RedFlag has
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								joined the Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation. As part of the membership, RedFlag
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								will lead an effort to localize GNOME, the entirely free user environment for desktops,
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								networked servers and portable Internet devices, into Simplified Chinese. "With the
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								addition of RedFlag and the localization of GNOME, businesses and individuals in China
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								can enjoy the power, cost-effectiveness and ease of use of free software," said Havoc
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								Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "In addition, talented programmers in China
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								will be able to utilize the modern architecture and design of GNOME for application
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								development." RedFlag will lead GNOME Foundation efforts in China, focusing on
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								education, support and marketing. It will also join the volunteer efforts of more than
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								500 of the world's most talented software designers and programmers who are currently
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								working on GNOME or GNOME-compatible programs. "We're very committed to the GNOME
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								Foundation and the localization of GNOME into Simplified Chinese," said Bo Liu,
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								president and CEO of RedFlag Software Co. Ltd. "GNOME is a robust and powerful
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								environment that will be very beneficial to individuals, companies and educators here in
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								China." GNOME is a free software project (also referred to as open source software) that
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								is developing a complete, easy-to-use desktop for Linux (GNU/Linux), BSD and a variety
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								of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of
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								people around the world. More than 500 computer developers, including more than 100
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								full-time, paid developers, contribute their time and effort to the project.
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								<b>About the GNOME Foundation</b>
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								Composed of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME
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								Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. GNOME is
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								an entirely free user environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet
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								devices. The modern architecture and design of GNOME includes a technically advanced
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								application development platform and a powerful end-user desktop environment. Major
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								leading software industry and computer manufacturers support the GNOME development
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								effort, which is led by a worldwide community of volunteers. More information on GNOME
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								is available at www.gnome.org.
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								<b>About RedFlag</b>
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								RedFlag Software Co. Ltd. is a leading company of Linux distributions and applications
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								in China, developing applications and operating systems for server, desktop and embedded
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								platforms. RedFlag Software also provides applications to end-users for achieving system
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								security and performance. With more than 20 years of experience in Unix and open source
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								systems and more than 18 years of Chinese localization experience, RedFlag devotes
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								itself to empower any kind of CPU-based hardware from set-top boxes, mobile appliances,
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								PDAs and mainframes. It offers a full line of services, including telephone support,
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								on-site consulting, developer training, certification programs, e-business and ISV
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								support. Located in Beijing, the company can be found on the Web at
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								www.redflag-linux.com.
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								      <a href="mailto:membership@gnome.org">the GNOME Foundation Membership and Elections Committee</a>
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								      and was designed by <a href="mailto:jpsc@users.sourceforge.net">JP
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								      Schnapper-Casteras</a> and <a href="mailto:bart@eazel.com">Bart Decrem</a>.</font></center>
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