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

["Barbara Heffner" <bheffner chenpr com>]

We put two CHENers on the first release as the contact.  If anyone wants to 
change that let us know.  For the press event, we also have a handout sheet 
with contacts for all the companies involved, so that a reporter can easily 
reach a specific company with further questions.

My edits are really just copy edits/proofing items.

At 07:08 PM 8/14/00 -0700, Bart Decrem wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>Here's a final draft a the second press release, announcing specific
>technology deployments.  This press release is slated to go out tomorrow
>morning.  Please let me know if you have comments, additions or
>concerns.
>
>I also need to get confirmations from all the companies listed in this
>release, including:
>- Compaq
>- Hewlett Packard
>- IBM
>- Eazel
>- Helix Code
>- Gnumatic
>- Red Hat
>- Sun Microsystems
>- TurboLinux
>
>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
>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.
>- Adoption of OpenOffice.org technologies for integration into GNOME.
>- Integration of the Mozilla browser technology into GNOME.
>- 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.
>
>"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
>free software and open principles.  By leveraging other open
>technologies we are able to maintain our focus on making the most
>attractive development environment."

MOVE MIGUEL's NAME/TITLE up to follow first sentence of quote.


>GNOME ADOPTION ON LINUX AND UNIX
>GNOME has achieved significant acceptance from the Linux and Unix
>communities.  Sun and Hewlett Packard are announcing their adoption of
>GNOME as the future default user environment for Solaris and HP-UX,
>respectively.  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 and open source that will enable developers to write solutions
>for many different platforms, while competing on implementations.

INSERT MICROSYSTEMS AFTER SUN, Hewlett Packard has a hyphen I believe.
SHOULD BE BASED ON OPEN STANDARDS, with AN S.

>"The advent of a single user environment will provide enormous benefits
>to developers, end users and the industry as a whole," said Bill
>Claybrook of Aberdeen Group.  "By reducing development, deployment and
>training costs this project will create a competitive, open standards
>based alternative."
>
>A COMPLETE END-USER ENVIRONMENT
>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 and its technologies are being adopted
>by the GNOME project for integration into the system. OpenOffice.org
>will leverage the Bonobo component model to create a number of object
>components, allowing these components to be used by a wide range of
>applications.
>
>The Mozilla project is an industry initiative to deliver an open
>Internet browser.  Mozilla browser technology, together with IBM's
>SashXB technology will be integrated into GNOME to deliver an integrated
>browsing experience into its next generation user environment.  GNOME
>has also integrated Mozilla with the Bonobo component system.

INSERT A COMMA AFTER sashXB TECHNOLOGY ABOVE


>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 provide graphing and financial data handling
>infrastructure.
>
>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 a new set of configuration and
>administration tools targeted to end users, including configuration
>snapshotting, rollback and cluster management.
>
>BEYOND THE DESKTOP
>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.
>
>As part of this initiative, Compaq will provide GNOME-based applications
>on its handheld devices as well as assisting developers through the
>handhelds.org community and the GNOME Foundation.

JIM HAD A MINOR CHANGE TO THE ABOVE:
"As part of this initiative, Compaq is working to make Gnome-based
applications available on its handheld devices as well as assisting
developers through the handhelds.org community and the GNOME Foundation"


>OTHER KEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENHANCE GNOME
>IBM is contributing application development tools which enable
>development of web-based applications (SashXB 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.
>
>
>ABOUT GNOME
>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
>to 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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