gnomeweb-wml r6217 - in trunk: . www.gnome.org/press/releases
- From: bolsh svn gnome org
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Subject: gnomeweb-wml r6217 - in trunk: . www.gnome.org/press/releases
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:36:45 +0000 (UTC)
Author: bolsh
Date: Mon Jul 7 10:36:45 2008
New Revision: 6217
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnomeweb-wml?rev=6217&view=rev
Log:
2008-07-06 Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org>
* www.gnome.org/press/releases/stormy_executivedir.wml: Update press
release (still unlinked).
Modified:
trunk/ChangeLog
trunk/www.gnome.org/press/releases/stormy_executivedir.wml
Modified: trunk/www.gnome.org/press/releases/stormy_executivedir.wml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/www.gnome.org/press/releases/stormy_executivedir.wml (original)
+++ trunk/www.gnome.org/press/releases/stormy_executivedir.wml Mon Jul 7 10:36:45 2008
@@ -26,16 +26,35 @@
community."</p>
<p>
+Stormy's combination of industry expertise and community background will
+be a great fit for GNOME. "Stormy is one of the most well respected
+members of the open source industry and community." says Jim Zemlin,
+Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, "Her unique ability to work
+with both community volunteers and commercial industry members across a
+variety of open source projects will serve the GNOME Foundation well."
+</p>
+<p>
The GNOME community has an active global developer base focused on
providing an easy to understand user experience on PCs and mobile
-devices. It also has support from a broad range of industry players,
+devices.</p>
+<p>It also has support from a broad range of industry players,
from some of the world's largest enterprise software companies to
small consultancies. Hiring Stormy will allow the Foundation to extend
its outreach to all of these parties, as well as increasing contact
with new constituencies like mobile developers and governments
considering deploying GNOME.
</p>
-
+<p>
+Stormy has also been involved in the GNOME community for a long time,
+having been one of the founding members of the GNOME Foundation
+Advisory Board in 2000. She has remained involved with GNOME since
+then, keynoting the GNOME User and Developer European Conference
+(GUADEC) in England in 2007. Stormy is enthusiastic about joining the
+GNOME Foundation full time. "I'm very excited to have the chance to
+help the GNOME community show the world how the GNOME desktop is
+changing the future of computing." Stormy will continue in an advisory
+role at OpenLogic.
+</p>
<p>Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer
at Sun and GNOME Foundation Advisory Board Member says, "As a key
supporter of GNOME, especially in connection with OpenSolaris, Sun is
@@ -56,29 +75,6 @@
part of that platform.
</p>
-<p>
-Stormy's extensive experience, combining industry expertise with
-community background, will be a perfect fit for GNOME. "Stormy Peters
-is one of the most well respected members of the open source industry
-and community." says Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux
-Foundation, "Her unique skills of working with both community volunteers
-and commercial industry members across a variety of open source projects
-will serve the GNOME Foundation well." Stormy was former head of the
-Open Source Program Office at Hewlett Packard, and director of the
-OpenLogic Expert Community, roles which give her a deep understanding of
-the industry's interest in free and open source software.
-</p>
-
-<p>She was one of the founding members of the GNOME Foundation Advisory
-Board in 2000. She has remained involved with GNOME since then,
-keynoting the GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) in
-England in 2007. Stormy is enthusiastic about joining the GNOME
-Foundation full time. "I'm very excited to have the chance to help the
-GNOME community show the world how the GNOME desktop is changing the
-future of computing." Stormy will continue in an advisory role at
-OpenLogic.
-</p>
-
<h3>About Stormy Peters</h3>
<p>
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