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<h3 align="center">GNOME FOUNDATION LEADER TO VISIT THREE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES</h3>
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<p><b>Miguel de Icaza goes on GNOME Foundation's First Latin American Roadshow</b></p>
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BOSTON, Mass. - June 24, 2002 - Miguel de Icaza, president of the GNOME
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Foundation and CTO and co-Founder of Ximian, Inc. is visiting three
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Latin American countries to discuss GNOME and free software with
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government officials, business, IT leaders and open source advocates in
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Peru, Uruguay and Brazil. GNOME is a user-friendly, powerful desktop
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environment and developer platform that is licensed under the GNU Lesser
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General Public License, making it freely available for anyone to modify
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and distribute. GNOME boasts an advanced, component-based architecture
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and powerful development tools, that make it possible to customize it
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and add capabilities and applications easily.
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"Emerging markets like Peru, Uruguay and Brazil have shown a strong
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interest in GNOME and free software," said Miguel de Icaza, president of
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the GNOME Foundation and CTO and co-founder of Ximian, Inc. "I'm
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excited to be visiting these three countries and to be speaking with
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government, business and IT leaders there."
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Miguel will speak at the Auditorio de la Asamblea Nacional de Rectores
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today in Lima, Peru. He will be in Montevideo, Uruguay at the
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Universidad Cat<61>lica del Urugual (UCUDAL) on June 26 and at Universidade
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Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul (UERGS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil on June
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27. He will also meet individually with business, government and IT
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leaders in each country.
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"Given the current economic pressure of foreign debt in the region,
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GNOME helps bring the computer accessibility necessary for modernization
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without straining public budgets" said Timothy Ney, GNOME Foundation's
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Executive Director.
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A theme common to many De Icaza's discussions will be that of "Software
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Libre and the State", addressing how countries can more affordably
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bridge the "digital barrier" for their citizens while maintaining
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control of their domestic technology industries and destinies by
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building upon free, open-source rather than proprietary software.
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GNOME has advanced internationalization capabilities and a host of
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accessibility features for users with disabilities. It also features a
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built-in accessibility framework for developers to add even more
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features. It is an attractive and cost-effective option for business,
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government and education, as well as individual users. GNOME is
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supported on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux (more commonly
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referred to as Linux), Solaris (tm) Operating Environment, HP-UX, Unix,
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BSD and Apple's Darwin.
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"GNOME is technically advanced, user-friendly, cross-platform desktop
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that represents a way for countries like Brazil to bridge the digital
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divide and compete in a global economy," said Marcos Mazoni of PROCERGS,
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the state data processing and Internet provider in Rio Grande Do Sol,
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Brazil "Miguel has made a huge contribution to computing through his
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work on GNOME. Millions of people worldwide use GNOME and we are
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thrilled to have him here."
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The state of Rio Grande do Sol in Brazil was one of the first
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governments in the world to implement a policy of using only free
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software. Among other things, they are deploying free software programs
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to manage their automobile registration system and other government
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databases, and they are installing computers loaded with GNOME in
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schools across the state.
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About GNOME
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GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to
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use desktop for Linux-based operating systems, BSD and a variety of
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other Unix and Unix-like operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used
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by millions of people around the world. More than 500 computer
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developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, contribute
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their time and effort to the project.
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About the GNOME Foundation
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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 is a member
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directed, non-profit organization that provides, financial,
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organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and helps
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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 GNOME
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