Re: [fdn-ann] second press release, draft 2

[Greg Corrin <gcorrin eazel com>]

All,
I've made some edits to this draft below in bold, but I'm also wondering if

it's too late to approve this release for Tuesday by all the parties
mentioned and included, I'm assuming many of the east coasters are
traveling Monday. The options may be to get sign off at our press
conference rehearsal, but I think that may be pushing it.
Greg|


Bart Decrem wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Here's a second draft of the press release describing the new technology
>
> contributions that are going to be announced on Tuesday.  This document
> is in flux and we welcome your feedback.    Also, if your company is
> included in the release, please review the section(s) attributed to it
> and let me know what needs to be changed.
>
> Bart
>
> -----
>
> 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,
> the precursor to the GNOME Foundation Board, 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

> Unix community.
> - Integration of the OpenOffice.org productivity applications with the
> GNOME Office project.
> - Integration of the Mozilla browser technology into GNOME.
> [--> need commitment from AOL in order to keep this]
> - 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.
>

NEED SOMETHING HERE ABOUT THE CURRENT SUCCESS OF THE GNOME PROJECT - COULD
INCLUDE THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH BELOW, THEN GO ON TO SAY
GNOME HAS ADDED SUPPORT OF MAJOR INDUSTRY PLAYERS...

>
> "GNOME is receiving a tremendous boost in terms of support, backing and
> commitment for contribution and improvements.  GNOME is now well
> positioned to be the next generation user environment, uniting the
> existing Linux and Unix communities," said Miguel de Icaza, founder of
> the GNOME project.  "We are building an alternative environment based on
>
> open source technology and open principles.  By leveraging other open
> technologies we are able to maintain our focus on making the most
> attractive development environment."
>
> GNOME has achieved significant acceptance from the Linux and Unix
> communities.  Sun is announcing its adoption of GNOME as the the future
> default user environment for Solaris.  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 standard

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 XXX
> (analyst).  "By reducing development, deployment and training costs this
>
> project will create a competitive, open standards based alternative."
>
> 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, including the definition of XML-based
> file formats and specifications of open office APIs.  Sun will
> contribute OpenOffice.org technologies to GNOME.   OpenOffice.org will
> leverage the GNOME component model to create a number of object
> components, allowing these components to be used by a wide range of
> applications. Together with the Evolution and Nautilus,

NEED A DEFINITION FOR EVOLUTION AND NAUTILUS HERE.

> these
> technologies will help to provide a more user friendly environment for
> GNOME.
>
> The Mozilla project is an industry initiative to deliver an open
> Internet browser.  Mozilla browser technology will be integrated into
> GNOME to deliver an integrated browsing experience into its next
> generation user environment.  GNOME will also be leveraging its
> component model for Mozilla techonology.
> [--> Need commitment from AOL in order to keep this]
>
> Compaq will provide GNOME-based applications on its handheld devices as
> well as assisting developers through the handhelds.org community and the
>
> GNOME Foundation.
>

NEED MORE INFO ON THIS IF IT WILL BE HERE.

>
> 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 be providing graphing and financial data handling
> infrastructure.
>

NEED MORE INFO ON THIS IF IT WILL BE HERE.

>
> 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 as a new set of configuration and
> administration tools targeted to end users.
>
> IBM is contributing application development tools which enable
> development of web-based applications (Sash 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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
> 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.
>
> Contact Information:
>
> Barb Heffner
> CHEN PR
> 781-466-8282
> bheffner@chenpr.com
>
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