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2001-12-07 09:57:00 +00:00
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Press :
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<a href="../organization.html">Organization</a> :
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<a href="../documentation.html">Documentation</a> :
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<a href="../membership.html">Membership</a> :
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<h3 align="center">GNOME Foundation Brings Timothy Ney on Board as Executive Director</h3>
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Well-known free software advocate and non-profit management expert joins
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the desktop software organization
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BOSTON, Mass. August 22, 2001 In a move that will take it to the next
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level, the GNOME Foundation, the organization driving the direction and
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development of GNOME desktop software for GNU/Linux, UNIX and other free
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software systems, has hired Timothy Ney as executive director. Mr. Ney
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is well known in the free software community for his past work with the
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Free Software Foundation, where he was the managing officer, and as a
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popular speaker and advocate.
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"Timothy's expertise will help bring the GNOME Foundation to full
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maturity as a force in the free software community." said Havoc
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Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "We welcome Tim to the GNOME
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Foundation."
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<br><br>
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Mr. Ney has extensive experience in the growth and management of
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non-profit organizations. In his three years at the Free Software
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Foundation, he brought that organization from running an annual deficit
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to assets totaling more than $1 million. Mr. Ney has also served as
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Executive Director of the Independent Feature Project and was Director
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of Sponsorship and Loan Programs at the New York Foundation for the
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Arts. Additionally, he served as Director of Business Development for
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Baseline, the first online service for the entertainment industry.
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"Timothy has always been a great resource for GNOME." Miguel de Icaza,
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president of the GNOME Foundation and CTO and co-founder, Ximian, Inc.
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said. "We're happy that he has chosen to join our organization and lend
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his talent to the growth of GNOME and the GNOME Foundation."
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GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to
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use desktop for GNU/Linux (more commonly known as Linux), BSD and a
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variety of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME
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desktop is used by millions of people around the world. More than 500
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computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers,
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contribute their time and effort to the project.
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<br><br>
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<b>About the GNOME Foundation</b>
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Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading
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companies, the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to
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supporting the advancement of GNOME. The Foundation provides
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organizational, financial and legal support to the GNOME project and
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helps determine its vision and roadmap. GNOME is an entirely free user
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environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet
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devices. The modern architecture and design of GNOME includes a
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technically advanced application development platform and a powerful
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end-user desktop environment. Major leading software industry and
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computer manufacturers support the GNOME development effort, which is
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led by a worldwide community of volunteers. More information on
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GNOME is available at www.gnome.org.
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