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August 22, 2001Tim Ney Joins GNOME + Foundation
April 2, 2001GNOME 1.4 Released: Desktop Environment Boasts Power, Stability, Polish and Integration
November 15, 2000Borland Joins GNOME Foundation Advisory Board
November 14, 2000MandrakeSoft Joins the GNOME Foundation
August 15, 2000New commitments to GNOME
August 15, 2000Sun Joins GNOME Foundation
August 15, 2000Red Hat Joins Industry Vendors as a Founding Member of the GNOME Foundation
August 15, 2000Announcing the GNOME Foundation
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Making GNOME Accessible -- Opening New Doors At the Workplace for Users with Disabilities

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+Cupertino, California -- August 28, 2001 -- GNOME Foundation today announced the early access +release of the Gnome 2.0 Accessibility Framework. This framework paves the way for a new +generation of applications that integrate with assistive technologies -- enabling all users +to access the GNOME desktop. +

+Sun's contributions to the GNOME Accessibility Framework within the GNOME open source project +further underscores Sun's commitment to the delivery of an accessible desktop for the benefit +of all users in the workplace. The GNOME Accessibility Framework includes a comprehensive +toolkit and APIs that is comprised of the following two key components: +

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+This built-in extensible accessibility framework provides the foundation for developers to +write accessible applications from the ground up, provides built-in accessibility support +for existing GNOME applications, and enables assistive technologies developers to adapt +their enabling technologies to run on any UNIX platform. +

+"GNOME 2.0 will break down accessibility barriers" said Havoc Pennington, Chairman of the Board of +Directors GNOME Foundation. Integrating the Accessibility Framework into the fabric of GTK+, +will enable developers to easily write accessible applications". "Because of the object- oriented +structure of GTK+, it is easy for application developers to incorporate accessibility capabilities +without having to change the architecture of their software" said Owen Taylor, Engineering Lead for +GTK+ at Red Hat. "This will lead to more accessible applications being developed quickly for the +benefit of the entire GNOME user community". +

+"Our goal was to build accessibility into the initial design, giving the GNOME application + developers uniformity across components by implementing one standard API, while at the + same time providing extensibility" - said Robert O'Dea, Director of GNOME engineering at + Sun Ireland. "Also, our design philosophy took into consideration the many graphical + toolkits that could take advantage of the agnostic approach of the AT SPI toolkit -- + this strategy saves time by eliminating the need to reinvent accessibility for each + platform. Developers can get started with the Accessibility Framework now. We have + documentation and engineering support in place to help make the upcoming release of + GNOME 2.0 Accessible by first customer ship. In addition, our Accessibility Lab is in + place to help assistive technology developers to write to the AT SPI while leveraging + available Sun hardware and software solutions". +

+ + "Nobody builds a sidewalk without curb cuts we're taking the same approach with + software - making GNOME 2.0 accessible will open new doors for users with disabilities", + said Mike Rogers, Vice President of Webtop and Applications Software at Sun. "With the + growing worldwide popularity of the GNOME desktop, it's important that all users have + the freedom to interact with this powerful user environment, using various assistive + technologies to gain easy access to information and applications, as well as collaborate + with team members". "As use of GNOME spreads to more work environments, accessibility + for employees with disabilities becomes increasingly important said Gregg C. Vanderheiden + Ph.D. Director Trace R&D Center at the University of Wisconsin". "SUNs leadership and + efforts to ensure that GNOME is accessible is great news to both Solaris and Linux + users who have disabilities". +

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+ GNOME is a free software project (also referred to as open source software) that is developing a + complete, easy to use desktop for Linux (GNU/Linux), BSD and a variety of other Unix and Unix-like + operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. More than 500 + computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, contribute their time and effort + to the project. +

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BORLAND JOINS GNOME FOUNDATION ADVISORY BOARD

+ +Borland To Support Linux® Desktop With Upcoming Kylix[tm] Development Platform + +

+ +Las Vegas, Nev. -- November 15, 2000 -- Inprise Corporation (Nasdaq: INPR), herein +referred to as Borland, today at the Linux Business Expo announced its reaffirmed +commitment to open-source development by joining the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board. +Borland teams with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Red Hat and Helix Code to foster +development of the GNOME desktop environment and application framework. + +

+ +"The GNOME Foundation is pleased to have the support of Borland," said Miguel Icaza, +founder of the GNOME Project. "Borland's long history of component architecture +experience will be invaluable to helping further the Bonobo component project in +creating reusable software components and compound documents. We are looking forward to +their contributions to GNOME and their work to help developers bring their applications +to the GNOME platform using Kylix[tm]." + +

+ +Borland is introducing the first rapid application development (RAD) platform, Kylix, +which aims to enable users to quickly and easily build and deploy native Linux® +applications. Kylix will be based on the design of Borland's award-winning Delphi[tm] +and C++ Builder[tm]. + +

+ +"We're delighted to become a part of the GNOME Foundation and to help take GNOME award +development to RAD developers," said Michael Swindell, director of product management of +the RAD Tools group at Borland. + +

+ +"Borland's participation in the GNOME foundation aims to help developers build great +GNU/Linux applications that look, feel, and behave natively in multiple desktop +environments,"continued Michael. "A significant part of this effort will be working +closely with GNOME's Bonobo component project and companies like Eazel and Helix Code to +deliver Bonobo component support to Kylix developers." + +

+ +About Kylix[tm] + +

+ +Kylix is intended to be the first high-performance rapid application development (RAD) +platform for the Linux platform. Kylix is a component-based development environment for +two-way visual development of graphical user interface (GUI), Internet, database and +server applications. Kylix will be powered by a new high-speed native Delphi/C/C++ +compiler for Linux and will implement a native Linux, and cross-platform version of the +Borland VCL (Visual Component Library) architecture called CLX[tm]. CLX is designed to +radically speed native Linux application development and simplify the porting of Delphi +and C++ Builder applications between Windows® and Linux operating systems. To learn +more, visit: http://www.borland.com/kylix/ + +

+ +About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation + +

+ +The GNOME project has built a completely free and easy-to-use desktop environment, as +well as a powerful application framework for software developers on Linux and other +Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME Foundation will provide organizational, financial +and legal support to the GNOME project, and help determine its vision and roadmap. GNOME +is part of the GNU project, an effort to build a completely free Unix-like operating +system better known as GNU/Linux or Linux. Additional information is available at +http://www.gnome.org/. + +

+ +About Borland + +

+ +Inprise Corporation, referred to in this press release as Borland, is a leading provider +of Internet access infrastructure and application development tools and services for all +major platforms, including Linux, Solaris[tm] and Windows. Founded in 1983, Borland is +headquartered in Scotts Valley, California with operations worldwide. To learn more, +visit the community site or call the company at (800) 632-2864. + + +
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THE GNOME AND LINUX COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRY + LEADERS JOIN TO CREATE THE GNOME FOUNDATION

+ +Developers and Corporations Unite to Advance GNOME as the Leading Open +Source Desktop Environment + +

+ +LinuxWorld Expo, San Jose, CA -- August 15, 2000 --The GNOME project +today announced the creation of the GNOME Foundation, which will be +governed by a board of directors elected by the hundreds of volunteer +developers who contribute to GNOME. In addition, industry leaders and +organizations including Compaq, Eazel, Free Software Foundation, +Gnumatic, Helix Code, Henzai, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Object Management +Group, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, TurboLinux and VA Linux have announced +their support for the foundation, with the goal of advancing the +availability of this easy-to-use, open source, desktop environment. + +

+ +"The GNOME Foundation marks a major step forward for the GNOME project," +said Miguel de Icaza, founder of the GNOME project. "As GNOME continues +to gain momentum, we needed a forum where the GNOME developers and +corporate partners can come together to coordinate the continued +development of GNOME. The support of these industry leaders will help +us to achieve our dream of building a fully free, easy to use desktop +environment that will be used by many millions of people." + +

+ +The foundation will help set the technical direction of the GNOME +project, promote the broad adoption of GNOME on Linux and Unix desktops +and offer a forum for industry leaders to contribute to GNOME. The +Bonobo component project, GTK toolkit development, Pango +internationalization, GNOME Office integration and other projects will +be embraced under the GNOME organization. The foundation will be +modeled on the Apache Foundation, with a board of directors elected by +the hundreds of volunteer GNOME developers. + +

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+ +The GNOME project also announced the creation of an Advisory Board which +will allow corporations and other organizations to support GNOME. +Initial members of the Advisory Board include: Compaq, Eazel, Free +Software Foundation, Gnumatic, Hewlett-Packard, Helix Code, Henzai, IBM, +Object Management Group, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, TurboLinux and VA +Linux. + +

+ +About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation + +

+ +The GNOME project has built a completely free and easy-to-use desktop +environment, as well as a powerful application framework for software +developers on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME +Foundation will provide organizational, financial and legal support to +the GNOME project, and help determine its vision and roadmap. +CollabNet, the leading provider of collaborative software development +services based on open source principles, is helping to organize the +GNOME Foundation. GNOME is part of the GNU project, an effort to build +a completely free Unix-like operating system better known as GNU/Linux +or Linux. Additional information is available at http://www.gnome.org/. + +

+ +You are invited to participate in the GNOME Foundation. We welcome +contributions in many forms. Our membership consists of those +individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to the development of +GNOME through participation in the development, documentation and +promotion of GNOME. An Advisory Board provides a vehicle for +organizations and companies to communicate with the GNOME community and +support GNOME. Additional information is available at +http://www.gnome.org/. + +

+ +LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Eazel is a trademark of Eazel, +Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their +respective owners. + +

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+ +"It's always great to see companies coming together and working to bring +open source technologies to the next level," said Brian Behlendorf, CTO +& co-founder, CollabNet. "The creation of the Gnome Foundation will +help move Linux beyond the operating system to becoming a viable desktop +application and CollabNet is excited to be participating in this +process." + +

+ +"Compaq is pleased to join the Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation, +continuing Compaq's long-time support of the Linux community and open +source," said Glenn Johnson, Director of Compaq's Linux Program Office. +"Compaq expects the foundation will be a valuable forum for us, other +vendors, and customers to contribute to the GNOME Project." + +

+ +"Eazel is delighted to be a member of the Foundation and to be building +software on the GNOME platform," said Mike Boich, CEO and co-founder of +Eazel. "Much like the Apache Project before it, GNOME is benefiting from +the interest of both developers and commercial entities. The GNOME +Foundation can only help to accelerate that trend." + +

+ +Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation said: "16 years ago, we +began developing the GNU operating system, a replacement for the Unix +operating system that would be entirely Free Software (free as in +freedom). We aimed to give GNU the full scope of Unix, including +compilers, editors, email software, even games. But beyond that, we +hoped someday to give a GNU graphical interface like the Macintosh. Our +third attempt at that, the one that succeeded, is GNOME, started in 1997 +by Miguel de Icaza. GNOME, like all of GNU, is a project of the Free +Software Movement, which has been working since 1984 to give software +users the freedom to redistribute and change software. The rival Open +Source Movement was founded in 1998 to avoid raising issues of freedom +and principle as we try to do. Supporters of that movement contribute +to work on GNOME, but GNOME is not part of that movement. See +http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html for more +explanation." + +

+ +"Gnumatic Incorporated sees the Gnome Foundation as a major key to the +creation of desktop and home user applications for Linux," said Dr. +Linas Vepstas, CEO of Gnumatic Incorporated. "By providing a stable +desktop development platform for Linux, applications such as GnuCash, +the personal finance manager being developed by Gnumatic, will benefit +from the broad array of standard Gnome technologies." + +

+ +"We created Helix Code to deploy a free, modern and friendly desktop +solution to the world," said Nat Friedman, CEO and co-founder of Helix +Code. "Helix GNOME has brought a new level of accessibility and +functionality to the hundreds of thousands of users who have installed +our product. For GNOME, the next step is applications. Helix Code +comes to the table with Evolution, a comprehensive communications and +information management suite. Now, industry and developer support has +rallied around the GNOME platform and major contributions are coming in +from all sides. We will soon offer a total desktop solution that will +reshape the industry. GNOME has arrived." + +

+ +"HP is excited to join the GNOME foundation and will take an active role +in working with the open source community to contribute to the future +desktop standard for Linux and UNIX systems." said Martin Fink, R&D Lab +Manager for UNIX Systems Enablement. "HP is migrating the HP-UX desktop +to GNOME towards a goal of common look and feel between HP-UX and +Linux." + +

+ +"By partnering with industry leaders in the GNOME Foundation, IBM +continues its strong commitment to open standards and a clear vision of +Linux as the driving force for the evolution of e-business," said Daniel +Frye, program director, IBM Linux Technology Center. "IBM believes this +partnership will help enable innovation and will accelerate development +of the Linux desktop." + +

+ +"One of the challenges the Linux community is facing is how to integrate +the new applications that are currently being developed with the +established architectures that already exist in most business +enterprises. GNOME developers have realized that building it around +CORBA allows them to use components that integrate with other +industry-recognized technologies, such as Java and C++. The OMG is well +aware of the need for vendor-neutral organizations that allow developers +to agree upon standard interfaces. We look forward to helping the GNOME +Foundation in their mission, " said Dr. Richard Soley, CEO, Object +Management Group. + +

+ +"About three years ago, Red Hat created the Red Hat Advanced Development +Labs (RHAD Labs) to support open source software on the desktop and +became the first commercial company to make a contribution to GNOME +development," said Bob Young, Chairman and co-founder of Red Hat. "With +the formation of the GNOME Foundation, GNOME is truly coming of age in +terms of market momentum. We are excited about the opportunities for +GNOME and open source, and we look forward to working with the new +members to the GNOME community, like Eazel, Helix, Sun Microsystems and +others, as they bring applications and technology to the GNOME desktop +environment." + +

+ +"Sun is thrilled to be joining the GNOME Foundation and we plan to adopt +GNOME as the future desktop for Solaris," said Marco Boerries, vice +president and general manager of webtop and application software at Sun +Microsystems, Inc. "We are committed to contributing significant +engineering resources to the GNOME project and will work closely with +the other GNOME members to ensure continued reliability and quality." + +

+ +"TurboLinux is please to support the GNOME Foundation," said Rok Sosic, +TurboLinux Chief Technology Officer. "We have used GNOME as our default +desktop since 1999, and we've been very pleased with the progress that +it has made toward becoming a full-featured standard. GNOME is one of +the best examples of how open source software can succeed. Such wide +ranging support from the industry is guaranteed to help the project +achieve it's goals." + +

+ +"VA Linux Systems has been proud to make GNOME available on our systems +for years," said Dr. Larry M. Augustin, president and CEO of VA Linux +Systems. "GNOME is representative of the kind of creativity and +engineering that is available from the Open Source development +community. We have a number of engineers who have worked on GNOME and +GTK technology for some time, and are pleased to extend our GNOME +efforts by joining the GNOME foundation." + +
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GNOME 1.4 Released - Desktop Environment Boasts Power, Stability, Polish and Integration

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+ +COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001-- Latest GNOME release offers +something for everyone - from enhanced end-user capabilities to powerful development +tools + +

+ +In a move that will take free software (also referred to as open source software) to a +new level, the GNOME Foundation announced the release of GNOME 1.4. The release offers a +stable, powerful and tightly integrated platform that features the most extensive +documentation to date, making the help features very user-friendly. GNOME 1.4 includes +Nautilus, the new graphical shell for GNOME that features advanced file and Internet +browsing capabilities. Developers will find a set of new and updated tools, making GNOME +the ideal programming platform. + +

+ +"GNOME 1.4 has a wealth of new features, from an updated Sawfish window manager to +enhanced support and interoperability with other desktop environments." said Havoc +Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "This release represents a major leap forward +in the GNOME desktop environment. Users will instantly see an improvement in the +usability and power of components like Nautilus. Developers will enjoy the strategic +advantages of improvements to the component architecture and streamlined tools for +greater internationalization and localization of GNOME-based programs." + +

+ +New or enhanced features of the GNOME 1.4 desktop environment include: + +

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  • +Better support and interoperability with KDE and legacy X applications +
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  • + New Application Launch Feedback lets the user know when a program is in the process +of being loaded. +
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  • + Sawfish window manager is now a standard part of GNOME. All aspects of the user +interface are customizable through Sawfish, including complete configuration of the look +and feel of the desktop. +
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  • + Easier to use and more intuitive help browser and help system, boasting extensive +documentation covering all aspects of GNOME operations. +
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  • + GNOME Fifth Toe, a broad collection of applications that run on GNOME. +
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  • + Medusa, the new GNOME searching/indexing package. Medusa is a content and file +indexing system that performs quick searches of a user's hard drive. +
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+ + +"The goal of GNOME was to create a program that could be used by anyone." Miguel de +Icaza, president of the GNOME Foundation said. "GNOME 1.4 reaches that goal and more. +The hundreds of volunteers and paid programmers who have worked on the project have +created a program that is powerful, both for the user and the developer." GNOME 1.4 will +also include a number of enhancements for developers, including: + +
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  • + GNOME-VFS - The GNOME Virtual File System provides an + abstraction to common file system operations like reading, + writing and copying files, listing directories and so on. + GNOME-VFS is extensible and usable from any application on the + GNOME desktop. + +
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  • + Updated Bonobo Component Model - 1.4 will include developments + in the interfaces that provide standard component programming + and program interoperability in Linux and Unix. +
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  • + Xml-i18n-tools - a set of tools for better + internationalization and localization of GNOME. Xml-i18n-tools + contain some utility scripts for internationalizing various + kinds of XML files. In addition, it has a merging feature, + which will be extended to handle desktop and MIME files in the + future. +
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  • + GConf, a sophisticated system for storing configuration + information. It provides a notification service so + applications can be notified when a configuration setting + changes. changes. Gconf also allows for pluggable storage + backends (text files, databases, etc.) and gives + administrators control over default and mandatory settings. +
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  • + Enhanced Language Bindings - facilitating the use of GNOME + from a number of programming languages. Language bindings + included with GNOME 1.4 for Gtk+ include C, C++, Objective C, + Ada, Perl, Python, Guile, TOM, Eiffel, Dylan, JavaScript, + Pike, Pascal and Haskell. Many of these languages also have + support for GNOME widgets available. +
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  • + Enhanced GNOME Display Manager - A re-implementation of the + well-known xdm (X Display Manager) program that features X + authentication, default and per-display initialization + scripts, pre and post-session scripts, pluggable + authentication modules and TCP wrappers for access control. +
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+ +"Since the GNOME project is a free software project, we were able to incorporate +advances from some of the most talented programmers in the world," said Maciej +Stachowiak, head of the 1.4 Release Team. "Hundreds of people from every part of the +world contributed to this release. The result is a mature, stable, powerful and +fun-to-use desktop, with the promise of a host of new killer applications, due to the +programming enhancements." + +

+ +GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to use desktop for +GNU/Linux (more commonly known as Linux), BSD and a variety of other Unix and Unix-like +operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. +More than 500 computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, +contribute their time and effort to the project. + +

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MandrakeSoft joins the GNOME Foundation

+ +San Francisco - November 14, 2000 - MandrakeSoft today announced that it is joining the +Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation, which aims to promote the GNOME graphical +desktop. Linux-Mandrake operating system has included GNOME since early versions and the +GNOME has recently become the desktop of choice for many Linux-Mandrake users. + +

+ +"We are delighted that MandrakeSoft is joining the Foundation's Advisory Board and +extending its commitment to GNOME ", said Miguel De Icaza, co-founder of GNOME. +"MandrakeSoft's market leadership role in the European Linux market and its strong +retail presence in the US will allow GNOME to reach a much broader audience worldwide." + +

+ +MandrakeSoft has long recognized the great value offered by the GNOME environment and +its ability to attract new users from the Windows world. MandrakeSoft also credits the +numerous innovations introduced by the GNOME project as one of the key reasons for the +worldwide success of Linux and the Open Source model. + +

+ +"MandrakeSoft has always been committed to support Free Software and Linux in +particular. Our entrance in the GNOME Foundation proves once again our commitment to +killer free-software projects", said Gaël Duval - VP & Co-Founder of MandrakeSoft. + +

+ +MandrakeSoft affirms its commitment to the Foundation and to GNOME's bright future by +also announcing to financially sponsor several GNOME developers so that they may focus +on developing GNOME Office/OpenOffice for the benefit of the entire community. + +

+ +In a related announcement, Borland-Inprise today announced that it, too, will be joining +the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board. + +

+ +About MandrakeSoft + +

+ +MandrakeSoft publishes the Linux-Mandrake operating system, based on open-source +development (which provides free access to source code published in accordance with a +General Public License, or GPL). Several hundred developers throughout the world +contribute to the constant improvement of the product directly over the Internet. This +international developer community has given Linux-Mandrake a product that is available +in over 40 languages. + +

+ +Linux-Mandrake is a very complete system with a choice of several powerful, +pre-configured graphic interfaces (notably the leaders KDE and GNOME), as well as more +than 2,300 applications including Netscape Communicator, the StarOffice suite, and the +Apache Web server. + +

+ +In a testament to its success, MandrakeSoft received the awards for "Best Product of the +Year" and "Best Linux-Distribution/Server" at LinuxWorld Expo 99, as well as the PC +Answers Platinum Award in April 2000 and the Linux Magazine Editor's Choice Award in +September 2000. The company has signed a strategic partnership with the American +publisher Macmillan USA and held the number one spot in Linux North American sales for +Macmillan USA in July & August 2000 (Source : PC Data). + +

+ +"Born on the Internet", MandrakeSoft established headquarters in Pasadena (U.S.) and +Paris (Europe). Please visit the web site, http://www.linux-mandrake.com for more +information. + +

+ +About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation + +

+ +The GNOME project has built a completely free and easy-to-use desktop environment, as +well as a powerful application framework for software developers on Linux and other +Unix-like operating systems. GNOME is part of the GNU project, an effort to build a +completely free Unix-like operating system better known as GNU/Linux or Linux. + +

+ +The GNOME Foundation will provide organizational, financial and legal support to the +GNOME project, and help determine its vision and roadmap. The Foundation is governed by +a board of directors elected by the members of the foundation: individuals who have +demonstrated a commitment to the development of GNOME through participation in the +development, documentation and promotion of GNOME. An Advisory Board provides a vehicle +for organizations and companies to communicate with the GNOME community and support +GNOME. + +

+ +Advisory Board members include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, Turbo +Linux and other leading technology companies. + +

+ +Additional information is available at http://www.gnome.org/. You are invited to +participate in GNOME, which provides many opportunities for individuals and companies to +contribute. + +
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THE GNOME COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY LEADERS JOIN FORCES TO DELIVER ENHANCED USER ENVIRONMENT FOR PCs, WORKSTATIONS AND NEW INTERNET ACCESS DEVICES

+ +LinuxWorld Expo, San Jose, CA -- August 15, 2000 -- The GNOME project +today announced five major initiatives aimed at delivering an +industry-wide open user environment. These initiatives are: +- To establish the GNOME user environment as the unifying desktop for +the Linux and Unix communities. +- Adoption of OpenOffice.org technologies for integration into GNOME. +- Integration of the Mozilla browser technology into GNOME. +- Industry leaders to work together to improve the quality, reliability +and accessibility of the GNOME user environment around the world. +- Establishment of the GNOME framework as the standard for next +generation Internet access devices. + +

+ +"GNOME is receiving a tremendous boost in terms of support, backing and +commitment for contribution and improvements," said Miguel de Icaza, +founder of the GNOME project. "GNOME is now well positioned to be the +next generation user environment, uniting the existing Linux and UNIX +communities. We are building an alternative environment based on free +software and open principles. By leveraging other open technologies we +are able to maintain our focus on making the most attractive development +environment." + +

+ +GNOME ADOPTION ON LINUX AND UNIX + +

+ +GNOME has achieved significant acceptance from the Linux and Unix +communities. Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard are announcing their +adoption of GNOME as the future default user environment for Solaris and +HP-UX, respectively. The GNOME user environment is the default for Red +Hat, TurboLinux and several other leading Linux distributions and is +available for all major Linux distributions. As a result, this +initiative will unify many variations of Unix under a single user +environment. It creates a cost-effective framework based on open +standards and open source that will enable developers to write solutions +for many different platforms, while competing on implementations. + +

+ +"The advent of a single user environment will provide enormous benefits +to developers, end users and the industry as a whole," said Bill +Claybrook of Aberdeen Group. "By reducing development, deployment and +training costs this project will create a competitive, open standards +based alternative." + +

+ +A COMPLETE END-USER ENVIRONMENT + +

+ +Based on StarOffice, an alternative competitive office productivity +suite available on multiple platforms and the leading productivity suite +for Linux, OpenOffice.org is the industry initiative to deliver open +office productivity applications and its technologies are being adopted +by the GNOME project for integration into the system. OpenOffice.org +will leverage the Bonobo component model to create a number of object +components, allowing these components to be used by a wide range of +applications. + +

+ +The Mozilla project is an industry initiative to deliver an open +Internet browser. Mozilla browser technology, together with IBM's +SashXB technology, will be integrated into GNOME to deliver an +integrated browsing experience into its next generation user +environment. GNOME has also integrated Mozilla with the Bonobo +component system. + +

+ +Eazel will provide Nautilus, an innovative file manager which serves as +the starting point for Eazel's web-based system management services. +Nautilus will provide a state-of-the art file manager for GNOME, with a +fully-integrated Mozilla web-browser and a number of innovative new +features. The Nautilus software will be integrated with web-based +services that provide assistance with file management and system +administration. + +

+ +GnuCash will provide graphing and financial data handling +infrastructure. + +

+ +Helix Code will provide Evolution, the integrated calendar, mail and +contacts system, as well as its Bonobo component architecture which +enables applications to be built out of reusable software components. +In addition, Helix Code will deliver a new set of configuration and +administration tools targeted to end users, including configuration +snapshotting, rollback and cluster management. + +

+ +BEYOND THE DESKTOP + +

+ +This initiative will develop the framework and platform services +required for applications to be developed and deployed on Internet +appliances, consistent and compatible with the GNOME user environment on +desktop systems. For the emerging Internet appliance market, Linux has +been established as the front runner kernel technolgy. This initiative +will provide a well-defined framework for developers and manufacturers +of new devices and developers of Internet-based software services. It +will also provide users and developers with a cost-effective framework +that will deliver a common experience and share data across a range of +hardware platforms, from handhelds to supercomputers. + +

+ +As part of this initiative, Compaq is working to make Gnome-based +applications available on its handheld devices as well as assisting +developers through the handhelds.org community and the GNOME Foundation. + +

+ +OTHER KEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENHANCE GNOME + +

+ +IBM is contributing application development tools which enable +development of web-based applications (SashXB for Linux) using open web +standard languages (HTML, Javascript, DHTML, and XML), but have +look-and-feel consistency with other "native" applications. + +

+ +Red Hat will provide an object-oriented widget framework, CORBA, an OMG +industry standard, support for distributed software, lay-out and +rendering of internationalized text and configuration management +technology. + +

+ +Sun Microsystems will provide printing, internationalization and +accessibility technology as well as its substantial expertise in +improving reliability and quality based on its experience in delivering +mission-critical solutions for global corporations. + + +

+ +ABOUT GNOME + +

+ +The GNOME project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop +environment for the user, as well as a powerful application framework +for the software developer. + +

+ +GNOME is part of the GNU project, and is free software (often referred +to as open source software). GNOME is included in almost every BSD and +Linux distribution and works on many other Unix systems. + +

+ +Although a number of private and public companies are contributing to +the development of GNOME, GNOME is not controlled by any company. It is +a volunteer-driven effort with hundreds of volunteer developers from all +over the world. Their efforts are coordinated by the Gnome Foundation. +Information about GNOME is available at http://www.gnome.org. + +

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GNOME Foundation Brings Timothy Ney on Board as Executive Director

+ + +Well-known free software advocate and non-profit management expert joins +the desktop software organization + +

+ +BOSTON, Mass. August 22, 2001 In a move that will take it to the next +level, the GNOME Foundation, the organization driving the direction and +development of GNOME desktop software for GNU/Linux, UNIX and other free +software systems, has hired Timothy Ney as executive director. Mr. Ney +is well known in the free software community for his past work with the +Free Software Foundation, where he was the managing officer, and as a +popular speaker and advocate. + +

+ +"Timothy's expertise will help bring the GNOME Foundation to full +maturity as a force in the free software community." said Havoc +Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "We welcome Tim to the GNOME +Foundation." + +

+ +Mr. Ney has extensive experience in the growth and management of +non-profit organizations. In his three years at the Free Software +Foundation, he brought that organization from running an annual deficit +to assets totaling more than $1 million. Mr. Ney has also served as +Executive Director of the Independent Feature Project and was Director +of Sponsorship and Loan Programs at the New York Foundation for the +Arts. Additionally, he served as Director of Business Development for +Baseline, the first online service for the entertainment industry. + +

+ +"Timothy has always been a great resource for GNOME." Miguel de Icaza, +president of the GNOME Foundation and CTO and co-founder, Ximian, Inc. +said. "We're happy that he has chosen to join our organization and lend +his talent to the growth of GNOME and the GNOME Foundation." + +

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GNOME Foundation Enters China With Membership of RedFlag Software Co. Ltd.

+ +NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2001-- RedFlag's Membership in the Foundation +Signals the Localization of GNOME Into Chinese -- Making it Available to More Than One +Billion People + +

+ +In a move that will make GNOME available to more than a billion people, RedFlag has +joined the Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation. As part of the membership, RedFlag +will lead an effort to localize GNOME, the entirely free user environment for desktops, +networked servers and portable Internet devices, into Simplified Chinese. "With the +addition of RedFlag and the localization of GNOME, businesses and individuals in China +can enjoy the power, cost-effectiveness and ease of use of free software," said Havoc +Pennington, GNOME Foundation board chair. "In addition, talented programmers in China +will be able to utilize the modern architecture and design of GNOME for application +development." RedFlag will lead GNOME Foundation efforts in China, focusing on +education, support and marketing. It will also join the volunteer efforts of more than +500 of the world's most talented software designers and programmers who are currently +working on GNOME or GNOME-compatible programs. "We're very committed to the GNOME +Foundation and the localization of GNOME into Simplified Chinese," said Bo Liu, +president and CEO of RedFlag Software Co. Ltd. "GNOME is a robust and powerful +environment that will be very beneficial to individuals, companies and educators here in +China." GNOME is a free software project (also referred to as open source software) that +is developing a complete, easy-to-use desktop for Linux (GNU/Linux), BSD and a variety +of other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of +people around the world. More than 500 computer developers, including more than 100 +full-time, paid developers, contribute their time and effort to the project. + +

+ +About the GNOME Foundation + +

+ +Composed of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME +Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. GNOME is +an entirely free user environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet +devices. The modern architecture and design of GNOME includes a technically advanced +application development platform and a powerful end-user desktop environment. Major +leading software industry and computer manufacturers support the GNOME development +effort, which is led by a worldwide community of volunteers. More information on GNOME +is available at www.gnome.org. + +

+ +About RedFlag + +

+ +RedFlag Software Co. Ltd. is a leading company of Linux distributions and applications +in China, developing applications and operating systems for server, desktop and embedded +platforms. RedFlag Software also provides applications to end-users for achieving system +security and performance. With more than 20 years of experience in Unix and open source +systems and more than 18 years of Chinese localization experience, RedFlag devotes +itself to empower any kind of CPU-based hardware from set-top boxes, mobile appliances, +PDAs and mainframes. It offers a full line of services, including telephone support, +on-site consulting, developer training, certification programs, e-business and ISV +support. Located in Beijing, the company can be found on the Web at +www.redflag-linux.com. + + +
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Red Hat Joins Industry Vendors as a Founding Member of the GNOME Foundation

+ +Foundation to Reinforce and Advance GNOME as the World's Leading Open-source Desktop Environment + +

+ +RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-August 15, 2000-Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), +the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, today +announced it has joined the GNOME project and top industry vendors +including Compaq, Eazel, Helix Code, IBM, Sun Microsystems and VA Linux +Systems to form the GNOME Foundation, a non-profit, unified group of +vendors and individuals dedicated to advancing the use and extending the +capabilities of the popular GNOME graphical user environment. + +

+ +The GNOME (GNU Network Object Modeling Environment) project is an open +source, GUI-based user interface for Linux designed to run on all modern +versions of UNIX-like operating systems. Since its development, GNOME has +quickly become one of the world's leading, free and simple desktop +environments. + +

+ +Red Hat will assist the GNOME Foundation in leading the technical +direction of the continuing GNOME project, offering forums for industry +leaders to contribute to GNOME and in promoting the benefits of GNOME. The +GNOME Foundation will provide organizational and financial support for +GNOME and related open source projects. + +

+ +"Red Hat has played an integral part in the development of code and +support for GNOME," said Bob Young, chairman and co-founder of Red Hat, +Inc. "As one of the key founders of the GNOME Foundation, Red Hat is +dedicated to working with others in advancing this powerful application +framework and promoting it as the desktop environment of the future." + +

+ +About the GNOME Foundation + +

+ +The GNOME Foundation provides organizational, financial and legal support +to the GNOME project. The foundation will help determine the vision and +roadmap for GNOME. It will also assist in creating technical standards, +coordinate GNOME releases, and determine which software projects are part +of GNOME. The foundation will make public statements and administer funds +on behalf of the GNOME project. The Foundation will be incorporated as a +membership-based, not-for-profit corporation. + +

+ +You are invited to participate in the GNOME Foundation. We welcome +contributions in many forms. Our membership consists of those individuals +who have demonstrated a commitment to the development of GNOME through +participation in the development, documentation and promotion of GNOME. +The Advisory Board provides a vehicle for organizations and companies to +communicate with the GNOME community and support GNOME. Additional +information is available at: http://www.gnome.org. + +

+ +Joining Red Hat in the GNOME Foundation is Collab.net, Compaq, Debian, +Eazel, Free Software Foundation, Gnumatic, Helix Code, Henzai, Inc., IBM, +Sun Microsystems, and VA Linux Systems. + + +

+ +Open source momentum + +

+ +International Data Corp. (IDC) research states that paid Linux shipments +grew faster than any other server operating system over the past two +years, and their preliminary figures for 1999 show Linux shipments hold +24.6 percent of the server operating system market, up from 15.8 in 1998. +IDC also states that Red Hat Linux is by far the most popular +distribution, preferred by 68.7 percent of U.S. Linux users. + +

+ +Research firm Netcraft, Inc. (www.netcraft.com), states that as of May +2000, 36 percent of all public Web sites run on Linux-based operating +systems, making Linux the most popular choice for deploying public Web +sites. IDC research shows 40 percent of all spending on Linux servers is +for Internet related applications, firmly entrenching Linux servers in the +Internet infrastructure. + +

+ +Finally, IDC predicts that by 2002, there will be more than 55 million +handheld and notebook-style information appliance devices and that by +2005, shipments of these appliances will exceed shipments of PCs. + +

+ +Red Hat's numerous alliances with industry leaders and the demand for +Linux-based applications has created open source support from many of the +industry's leading software and hardware manufacturers, including Compaq, +Computer Associates, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Netscape, Novell, +Oracle and SAP. + +

+ +About Red Hat, Inc. + +

+ +Founded in 1994, Red Hat (Nasdaq:RHAT) is the leading provider of open +source Internet infrastructure solutions, ranging from small embedded +devices to high availability clusters and Web serving. Red Hat applies its +technological leadership to create open source solutions for Internet +infrastructure and post-PC environments, offers services backed by the +best understanding of open source and the most comprehensive resources, +delivers the brand of a widely trusted open source leader and corporate +partner, and persists in an indelible commitment to the virtues of open +source to lead a revolution in the computing industry. + +

+ +Red Hat, Inc. is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. and has offices +worldwide. Visit Red Hat on the Web at www.redhat.com. For investor +inquiries, contact Lippert/Heilshorn at (212) 838-3777. + +

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SUN JOINS GNOME FOUNDATION

+ +Adopts upcoming GNOME 2.0 as future user desktop for Solaris[tm] Operating Environment + +

+ +PALO ALTO, CA -- August 15, 2000 -- Today at the LinuxWorld 2000 conference in San Jose, +California, Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it is joining the GNOME Foundation, a new +organization of open community developers and leading high-technology companies that +will advance GNOME as an industry-wide open user environment. Sun also announced it will +adopt GNOME 2.0 as the future desktop for its Solaris[tm] Operating Environment. In a +related announcement, the GNOME Foundation announced it will adopt OpenOffice.org +technology as the core for GNOME Office Suite. + +

+ +Solaris Operating Environment is the world's leading mission-critical UNIX(R) operating +environment, used by global corporations. OpenOffice.org is the industry initiative to +deliver open office productivity applications, based on Sun's StarOffice office +productivity suite, that was provided to the open source community by Sun in July. + +

+ +"We are delighted to be joining the GNOME Foundation and to be adopting GNOME as the +modern desktop for Solaris. Linux developers will now be able to tap into the industrial +power of Solaris as they develop applications for desktops and Internet-enabled devices +for the dot-com era," said Marco Boerries, vice president and general manager of webtop +and application software at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Sun is committing significant +engineering resources to ensure that GNOME integrates seamlessly into Solaris." + +

+ +"This is the first time a major systems vendor has embraced free software/open-source +software as a key element of its primary operating system," said Miguel de Icaza, +founder of the GNOME project and Helix Code. "Sun's commitment to GNOME helps usher in a +new era in delivering a complete and modern future user environment for not only the Sun +community but for the open-source community as well." + +

+ +By focusing on Sun's areas of development expertise--robust UNIX technology, printing, +internationalization, accessibility, and network configuration and management--Sun will +drive reliability and quality with the GNOME Foundation. + +

+ +About GNOME 2.0 + +

+ +GNOME 2.0 will be the first major release from the GNOME Foundation, which will +integrate the advanced technologies from the GNOME Foundation partners with existing +technology from the GNOME Project. Some of the features planned for GNOME 2.0 include an +advanced and easy-to-use user environment; an integrated and free office productivity +suite; and the latest browser technology from the Mozilla Project. + +

+ +Availability + +

+ +GNOME 2.0 for Solaris is scheduled to be available from Sun by the middle of calendar +year 2001. Sun plans to start releasing early access versions of GNOME 2.0 for Solaris, +as the GNOME 2.0 technology becomes available, around the end of calendar year 2000. +CDE-based applications will continue to run in the new Solaris desktop environment +without change, and Sun will continue to support CDE users and applications. + +

+ +About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation + +

+ +The GNOME project has built a completely free and easy-to-use desktop environment, as +well as a powerful application framework for software developers on Linux and other +Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME Foundation will provide organizational, financial +and legal support to the GNOME project, and help determine its vision and roadmap. +Present members include Compaq, Eazel, Free Software Foundation, Gnumatic, Hewlett +Packard, Helix Code, Henzai, IBM, Object Management Group, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, +TurboLinux and VALinux. Collab.Net, the leading provider of collaborative software +development services based on open source principles, is helping to organize the GNOME +Foundation. GNOME is part of the GNU project, an effort to build a completely free +Unix-like operating system better known as GNU/Linux or Linux. Additional information is +available at www.gnome.org. + +

+ +About Sun Microsystems, Inc. + +

+ +Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has +propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), to its position as a leading provider +of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow +companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $15.7 billion in annual revenues, +Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com. + +
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