On 2011-07-16 Jos wrote: > On Friday 15 July 2011 18:57:09 Carl Symons wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Jos Poortvliet <jos opensuse org> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Attached the announcements for the Desktop Summit Sponsorship. As > > > you know, Intel, Collabora and SUSE will be the main (Platinum > > > and Gold) sponsors, hence we'd like to let you know that these > > > announcements will go out on the Desktop Summit press channels > > > on Tuesday, 15:00 UTC. > > > > > > We'd appreciate it if you would either issue your own or echo > > > these announcements. > > > > > > Any input or suggestions are of course welcome. > > > > > > Greetings, > > > Jos Poortvliet > > > & The Desktop Summit Team > > > > MeeGo is an open source project, hosted by the Linux Foundation and > > led by a steering group; it is not an Intel project. Thus, the > > quote from the MeeGo Community Manager speaking for Intel is > > confusing and should be clarified. > > He's an intel dude, and his job title is "MeeGo Community Manager". Ok, Dawn is actually a 'dudette', sorry for that mistake ;-) > Like I'm SUSE employee and my job title is "openSUSE Community > Manager". Nokia also has an "MeeGo Community Manager", like openSLX > also has an "openSUSE Community Manager". It's just a job title > which only implies what he does at Intel, nothing else. I don't see > the problem, to be honest. > > Moreover - if it WAS a problem you'd expect Intel's MeeGo community > manager to be especially sensitive to it. As well as Intel's > marketing team, which has approved this quote. > > I'd rather not make a fuss about it. > > > Carl > > > > > <p>We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in > > > Berlin will be supported by Intel as Platinum sponsor. The event > > > also welcomes Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners. The > > > organization is delighted with the community spirit of these > > > generous corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of the > > > Desktop Summit, said: <em>"Their support is essential for the > > > Desktop Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software > > > developers from all around the world to work in a collaborative > > > spirit on the next generation desktop technology."</em></p> > > > > > > <p>Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: <em>"Intel is > > > happy to sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way to support the many > > > projects that we use and contribute to on a regular basis. It's > > > important to us to work closely with open source projects - and > > > this is one way to do that."</em></p> > > > > > > <p>Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: > > > <em>"At Collabora we are excited to support the Desktop Summit > > > as we feel it is one of the core events in terms of moving the > > > open source ecosystem forward. A lot of open source innovation > > > happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed on all > > > kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of > > > multimedia and real time communications Collabora are very much > > > a part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and > > > engaging with the everyone at the Desktop Summit."</em></p> > > > > > > <p><em>"SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit > > > 2011,"</em> said Michael Miller, vice president of Global > > > Alliances and Marketing at SUSE.<em> ?Cross project > > > collaboration is a core value at SUSE and we are committed to > > > wide interoperability and open communication. Our support of > > > openSUSE at the Desktop Summit demonstrates our continued > > > commitment to a strong Free and Open Source ecosystem."</em></p> > > > > > > <p>Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to > > > welcome the following Silver sponsors for this event: <ul> > > > <li>Canonical</li> > > > <li>Google</li> > > > <li>Igalia</li> > > > <li>The Linux Foundation</li> > > > <li>Qt</li> > > > <li>Red Hat</li> > > > </ul> > > > </p> > > > > > > <p>The following are our Bronze level sponsors: > > > <ul> > > > <li>Lanedo</li> > > > <li>Mozilla</li> > > > <li>openshine</li> > > > </ul> > > > </p> > > > > > > <p>Their support is greatly appreciated</p> > > > > > > <p>Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and > > > Linux Magazine</p> > > > > > > <p>The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf > > > of the GNOME and KDE communities! We are still looking for more > > > sponsors, please contact us if you are interested (details > > > below).</p> > > > > > > <h2>About the Desktop Summit</h2> > > > > > > <p>GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and > > > Akademy (KDE annual world summit) are the world's largest > > > gatherings of people involved in Free Desktop and mobile user > > > interfaces. Over a thousand participants are expected at the > > > Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE > > > projects as well as related technologies. Organizers welcome > > > developers, artists, translators, community organizers, users > > > and representatives from government, education, businesses. > > > Anyone who shares an interest in a Free Desktop is encouraged to > > > participate.</p> > > > > > > <p>GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the > > > user interfaces of many Linux-powered devices--smartphones, > > > laptops, desktops, personal media centers. 2011 is the second > > > summit organized collaboratively by the two communities.</p> > > > > > > <h2>Contact</h2> > > > <p>Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on > > > <a > > > href="https://www.desktopsummit.org/contact";>www.desktopsummit.o > > > rg/conta ct</a>. For press inquiries please contact Jos > > > Poortvliet, <a > > > href="jospoortvliet gmail com">jospoortvliet gmail com</a>, > > > phone +31622377545. > > > > > > <p>If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: > > > <a > > > href="mailto:ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org">ds-sponsoring@desk > > > topsummi t.org</a></p> Intel, Collabora and SUSE to be main > > > sponsors of the Desktop Summit > > > > > > We are pleased to announce that the Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin > > > will be supported by Intel as Platinum sponsor. The event also > > > welcomes Collabora and SUSE as Gold partners. The organization > > > is delighted with the community spirit of these generous > > > corporate partners. Mirko Boehm, Lead organizer of the Desktop > > > Summit, said: "Their support is essential for the Desktop > > > Summit's efforts to bring together Free Software developers from > > > all around the world to work in a collaborative spirit on the > > > next generation desktop technology." > > > > > > Dawn Foster, MeeGo Community Manager stated: "Intel is happy to > > > sponsor the Desktop Summit as a way to support the many projects > > > that we use and contribute to on a regular basis. It's important > > > to us to work closely with open source projects - and this is > > > one way to do that." > > > > > > Christian Schaller, Marketing Manager at Collabora told us: "At > > > Collabora we are excited to support the Desktop Summit as we > > > feel it is one of the core events in terms of moving the open > > > source ecosystem forward. A lot of open source innovation > > > happens on the desktop first before being widely deployed on all > > > kinds of systems and devices. As the leader in the fields of > > > multimedia and real time communications Collabora are very much > > > a part of that effort. We look forward to meeting up with and > > > engaging with the everyone at the Desktop Summit." > > > > > > "SUSE is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Desktop Summit 2011," > > > said Michael Miller, vice president of Global Alliances and > > > Marketing at SUSE. ?Cross project collaboration is a core value > > > at SUSE and we are committed to wide interoperability and open > > > communication. Our support of openSUSE at the Desktop Summit > > > demonstrates our continued commitment to a strong Free and Open > > > Source ecosystem." > > > > > > Aside from the Platinum and Gold sponsors, we are happy to > > > welcome the following Silver sponsors for this event: Canonical > > > Google > > > Igalia > > > The Linux Foundation > > > Qt > > > Red Hat > > > > > > The following are our Bronze level sponsors: > > > Lanedo > > > Mozilla > > > openshine > > > > > > Their support is greatly appreciated! > > > > > > Our media partners for the Desktop Summit will be golem.de and > > > Linux Magazin. > > > > > > The organizing team would like to thank our sponsors on behalf of > > > the GNOME and KDE communities! We are still looking for more > > > sponsors, please contact us if you are interested (details > > > below). > > > > > > About the Desktop Summit > > > > > > GUADEC (GNOME Users And Developers European Conference) and > > > Akademy (KDE annual world summit) are the world's largest > > > gatherings of people involved in Free Desktop and mobile user > > > interfaces. Over a thousand participants are expected at the > > > Desktop Summit this year, covering both the GNOME and KDE > > > projects as well as related technologies. Organizers welcome > > > developers, artists, translators, community organizers, users > > > and representatives from government, education, businesses. > > > Anyone who shares an interest in a Free Desktop is encouraged to > > > participate. > > > > > > GNOME and KDE are Free Software communities that drive the user > > > interfaces of many Linux-powered devices--smartphones, laptops, > > > desktops, personal media centers. 2011 is the second summit > > > organized collaboratively by the two communities. > > > > > > Contact > > > > > > Contact information of the Desktop Summit team can be found on > > > www.desktopsummit.org/contact. For press inquiries please contact > > > Jos Poortvliet, jospoortvliet gmail com, phone +31622377545. > > > > > > If you would like to discuss sponsorship, please contact us: > > > ds-sponsoring desktopsummit org
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