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<title>The GNOME Foundation: Membership Policy</title>
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SRC="../text.png" ALT="The GNOME Foundation" height=198 width=354>
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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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<a href="../press.html">[Other Press Releases]</a>
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<h3 align="center">THE GNOME COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY LEADERS JOIN FORCES TO DELIVER ENHANCED USER ENVIRONMENT FOR PCs, WORKSTATIONS AND NEW INTERNET ACCESS DEVICES</h2>
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LinuxWorld Expo, San Jose, CA -- August 15, 2000 -- The GNOME project
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today announced five major initiatives aimed at delivering an
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industry-wide open user environment. These initiatives are:
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- To establish the GNOME user environment as the unifying desktop for
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the Linux and Unix communities.
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- Adoption of OpenOffice.org technologies for integration into GNOME.
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- Integration of the Mozilla browser technology into GNOME.
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- Industry leaders to work together to improve the quality, reliability
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and accessibility of the GNOME user environment around the world.
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- Establishment of the GNOME framework as the standard for next
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generation Internet access devices.
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<br><br>
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"GNOME is receiving a tremendous boost in terms of support, backing and
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commitment for contribution and improvements," said Miguel de Icaza,
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founder of the GNOME project. "GNOME is now well positioned to be the
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next generation user environment, uniting the existing Linux and UNIX
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communities. We are building an alternative environment based on free
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software and open principles. By leveraging other open technologies we
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are able to maintain our focus on making the most attractive development
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environment."
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<br><br>
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<b>GNOME ADOPTION ON LINUX AND UNIX</b>
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<br><br>
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GNOME has achieved significant acceptance from the Linux and Unix
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communities. Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard are announcing their
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adoption of GNOME as the future default user environment for Solaris and
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HP-UX, respectively. The GNOME user environment is the default for Red
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Hat, TurboLinux and several other leading Linux distributions and is
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available for all major Linux distributions. As a result, this
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initiative will unify many variations of Unix under a single user
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environment. It creates a cost-effective framework based on open
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standards and open source that will enable developers to write solutions
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for many different platforms, while competing on implementations.
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"The advent of a single user environment will provide enormous benefits
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to developers, end users and the industry as a whole," said Bill
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Claybrook of Aberdeen Group. "By reducing development, deployment and
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training costs this project will create a competitive, open standards
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based alternative."
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<br><br>
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<b>A COMPLETE END-USER ENVIRONMENT</b>
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Based on StarOffice, an alternative competitive office productivity
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suite available on multiple platforms and the leading productivity suite
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for Linux, OpenOffice.org is the industry initiative to deliver open
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office productivity applications and its technologies are being adopted
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by the GNOME project for integration into the system. OpenOffice.org
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will leverage the Bonobo component model to create a number of object
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components, allowing these components to be used by a wide range of
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applications.
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The Mozilla project is an industry initiative to deliver an open
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Internet browser. Mozilla browser technology, together with IBM's
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SashXB technology, will be integrated into GNOME to deliver an
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integrated browsing experience into its next generation user
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environment. GNOME has also integrated Mozilla with the Bonobo
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component system.
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Eazel will provide Nautilus, an innovative file manager which serves as
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the starting point for Eazel's web-based system management services.
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Nautilus will provide a state-of-the art file manager for GNOME, with a
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fully-integrated Mozilla web-browser and a number of innovative new
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features. The Nautilus software will be integrated with web-based
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services that provide assistance with file management and system
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administration.
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GnuCash will provide graphing and financial data handling
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infrastructure.
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Helix Code will provide Evolution, the integrated calendar, mail and
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contacts system, as well as its Bonobo component architecture which
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enables applications to be built out of reusable software components.
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In addition, Helix Code will deliver a new set of configuration and
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administration tools targeted to end users, including configuration
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snapshotting, rollback and cluster management.
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<b>BEYOND THE DESKTOP</b>
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This initiative will develop the framework and platform services
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required for applications to be developed and deployed on Internet
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appliances, consistent and compatible with the GNOME user environment on
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desktop systems. For the emerging Internet appliance market, Linux has
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been established as the front runner kernel technolgy. This initiative
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will provide a well-defined framework for developers and manufacturers
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of new devices and developers of Internet-based software services. It
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will also provide users and developers with a cost-effective framework
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that will deliver a common experience and share data across a range of
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hardware platforms, from handhelds to supercomputers.
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As part of this initiative, Compaq is working to make Gnome-based
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applications available on its handheld devices as well as assisting
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developers through the handhelds.org community and the GNOME Foundation.
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<b>OTHER KEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENHANCE GNOME</b>
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IBM is contributing application development tools which enable
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development of web-based applications (SashXB for Linux) using open web
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standard languages (HTML, Javascript, DHTML, and XML), but have
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look-and-feel consistency with other "native" applications.
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Red Hat will provide an object-oriented widget framework, CORBA, an OMG
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industry standard, support for distributed software, lay-out and
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rendering of internationalized text and configuration management
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technology.
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Sun Microsystems will provide printing, internationalization and
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accessibility technology as well as its substantial expertise in
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improving reliability and quality based on its experience in delivering
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mission-critical solutions for global corporations.
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<b>ABOUT GNOME</b>
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The GNOME project has built a complete free and easy-to-use desktop
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environment for the user, as well as a powerful application framework
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for the software developer.
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GNOME is part of the GNU project, and is free software (often referred
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to as open source software). GNOME is included in almost every BSD and
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Linux distribution and works on many other Unix systems.
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Although a number of private and public companies are contributing to
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the development of GNOME, GNOME is not controlled by any company. It is
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a volunteer-driven effort with hundreds of volunteer developers from all
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over the world. Their efforts are coordinated by the Gnome Foundation.
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Information about GNOME is available at http://www.gnome.org.
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<br><br>
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Contact Information:
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<br><br>
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Barb Heffner
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CHEN PR
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781-466-8282
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bheffner@chenpr.com
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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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