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2001-11-15 Dan Mueth <d-mueth@uchicago.edu>
Updating navigation links for new press stuff.
* advisory_board.html:
* ballot-summary.html:
* ballot_summary.html:
* board_of_directors.html:
* charter.html:
* directory.html:
* documentation.html:
* election-2000.html:
* electionrules.html:
* elections.html:
* executive_director.html:
* faq-ln7.html:
* faq.html:
* index.html:
* membership-form.html:
* membership-policy.html:
* membership.html:
* organization.html:
* overview.html:
* template.html:
Adding press release info.
* press.html:
* press/pr-accessible.html:
* press/pr-borlandjoins.html:
* press/pr-foundation.html:
* press/pr-gnome14.html:
* press/pr-mandrakesoftjoins.html:
* press/pr-newcommitments.html:
* press/pr-ney_execdir.html:
* press/pr-redflagjoins.html:
* press/pr-redhat.html:
* press/pr-sunjoins.html:
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
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<html>
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<head>
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<title>The GNOME Foundation: Membership Policy</title>
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</head>
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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
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<center>
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<table BORDER=2 CELLPADDING=5 WIDTH="595" NOSAVE >
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<tr VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE>
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<td VALIGN=TOP NOSAVE>
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<center>
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org">
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<img SRC="../gnome.jpg" ALT="" height=250 width=198 border=0></a><img
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SRC="../text.png" ALT="The GNOME Foundation" height=198 width=354>
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</center>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<center>
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<a href="index.html">Home</a> :
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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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<a href="elections.html">Elections</a> :
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<a href="directory.html">Directory</a>
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</center>
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<br>
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<center>
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<a href="../press.html">[Other Press Releases]</a>
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</center>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<!-- End of Boilerplate -->
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<tr>
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<td>
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<br>
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<h3 align="center">MandrakeSoft joins the GNOME Foundation</h2>
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San Francisco - November 14, 2000 - MandrakeSoft today announced that it is joining the
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Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation, which aims to promote the GNOME graphical
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desktop. Linux-Mandrake operating system has included GNOME since early versions and the
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GNOME has recently become the desktop of choice for many Linux-Mandrake users.
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<br><br>
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"We are delighted that MandrakeSoft is joining the Foundation's Advisory Board and
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extending its commitment to GNOME ", said Miguel De Icaza, co-founder of GNOME.
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"MandrakeSoft's market leadership role in the European Linux market and its strong
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retail presence in the US will allow GNOME to reach a much broader audience worldwide."
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<br><br>
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MandrakeSoft has long recognized the great value offered by the GNOME environment and
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its ability to attract new users from the Windows world. MandrakeSoft also credits the
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numerous innovations introduced by the GNOME project as one of the key reasons for the
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worldwide success of Linux and the Open Source model.
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<br><br>
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"MandrakeSoft has always been committed to support Free Software and Linux in
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particular. Our entrance in the GNOME Foundation proves once again our commitment to
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killer free-software projects", said Ga<47>l Duval - VP & Co-Founder of MandrakeSoft.
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<br><br>
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MandrakeSoft affirms its commitment to the Foundation and to GNOME's bright future by
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also announcing to financially sponsor several GNOME developers so that they may focus
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on developing GNOME Office/OpenOffice for the benefit of the entire community.
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<br><br>
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In a related announcement, Borland-Inprise today announced that it, too, will be joining
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the GNOME Foundation's Advisory Board.
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<br><br>
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<b>About MandrakeSoft</b>
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<br><br>
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MandrakeSoft publishes the Linux-Mandrake operating system, based on open-source
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development (which provides free access to source code published in accordance with a
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General Public License, or GPL). Several hundred developers throughout the world
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contribute to the constant improvement of the product directly over the Internet. This
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international developer community has given Linux-Mandrake a product that is available
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in over 40 languages.
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<br><br>
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Linux-Mandrake is a very complete system with a choice of several powerful,
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pre-configured graphic interfaces (notably the leaders KDE and GNOME), as well as more
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than 2,300 applications including Netscape Communicator, the StarOffice suite, and the
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Apache Web server.
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<br><br>
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In a testament to its success, MandrakeSoft received the awards for "Best Product of the
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Year" and "Best Linux-Distribution/Server" at LinuxWorld Expo 99, as well as the PC
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Answers Platinum Award in April 2000 and the Linux Magazine Editor's Choice Award in
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September 2000. The company has signed a strategic partnership with the American
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publisher Macmillan USA and held the number one spot in Linux North American sales for
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Macmillan USA in July & August 2000 (Source : PC Data).
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<br><br>
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"Born on the Internet", MandrakeSoft established headquarters in Pasadena (U.S.) and
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Paris (Europe). Please visit the web site, http://www.linux-mandrake.com for more
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information.
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<br><br>
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<b>About GNOME and the GNOME Foundation</b>
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<br><br>
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The GNOME project has built a completely free and easy-to-use desktop environment, as
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well as a powerful application framework for software developers on Linux and other
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Unix-like operating systems. GNOME is part of the GNU project, an effort to build a
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completely free Unix-like operating system better known as GNU/Linux or Linux.
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<br><br>
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The GNOME Foundation will provide organizational, financial and legal support to the
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GNOME project, and help determine its vision and roadmap. The Foundation is governed by
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a board of directors elected by the members of the foundation: individuals who have
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demonstrated a commitment to the development of GNOME through participation in the
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development, documentation and promotion of GNOME. An Advisory Board provides a vehicle
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for organizations and companies to communicate with the GNOME community and support
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GNOME.
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<br><br>
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Advisory Board members include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, Turbo
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Linux and other leading technology companies.
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<br><br>
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Additional information is available at http://www.gnome.org/. You are invited to
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participate in GNOME, which provides many opportunities for individuals and companies to
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contribute.
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<center><font size=-1>This site is maintained by
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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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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</center>
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</body>
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