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LibreOffice gets first release candidate

...intentions. TDF's supporters include the Free Software Foundation, Canonical, Collabora, the Gnome Foundation, the OSI, OASIS and members of regional OpenOffice development groups. While... Read more

6 December, 2010

Oracle shows lacklustre support for LibreOffice

...of high-profile supporters including the Free Software Foundation, Canonical, Collabora, the Gnome Foundation, the OSI, Oasis and members of regional OpenOffice development groups.Rob... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

OpenOffice supporters form LibreOffice offshoot

...number of key supporters, including the Free Software Foundation, Canonical, Collabora, the Gnome Foundation, the OSI, OASIS and members of regional OpenOffice development groups, among... Read more

28 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

Open source: KDE hits back at GNOME

When the Gnome Foundation was born a few weeks ago, rivals at the KDE Project... Read more

11 September, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Gnome Foundation hires Timothy Ney

The Gnome Foundation has hired Timothy Ney, the key organiser behind Richard Stallman's... Read more

24 August, 2001 by Charles Babcock

Gnome throws down the gauntlet

...combat Microsoft's dominance on the desktop. Members of the newly minted Gnome Foundation outlined the various open source technologies they are hoping to integrate... Read more

16 August, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

Why open source projects are not publicised

...about it, at least at the moment." Dave Neary, a director of GNOME Foundation sees a similar story. For some reason, he says, the private... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Seek Enlightenment for an easy-to-use Linux GUI

...heavily on the Imlib library, which has been taken over by the GNOME foundation. Why you should use Enlightenment There are numerous reasons to become... Read more

20 November, 2007 by Jack Wallen

Open source projects: Why it pays to keep quiet

...there is a significant tendency to people switching to open source tools." GNOME Foundation director Neary agrees: "Since companies using open source software are getting... Read more

25 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

GNOME to fish in embedded Linux pond

...GNOME will include improved compatibility with styluses and performance enhancements, according to GNOME Foundation director Murray Cumming on Friday. This will include a focus on... Read more

10 October, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

GNOME 2.10 ups multimedia support

...detect more hardware and network servers. Luis Villa, a member of the GNOME Foundation Board, claimed that GNOME beats proprietary vendors in the time it... Read more

14 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Security breach delays Gnome 2.6 release

...head beekeeper of the Gnome Release Team and the director of the Gnome Foundation Board, has confirmed that a security breach of the Gnome Web... Read more

24 March, 2004 by Brendon Chase

Bitstream to release open-source fonts

...York. The plan is part of an agreement between Bitstream and the Gnome Foundation, which oversees the Gnome graphical environment often used with Linux and... Read more

24 January, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Linux takes diverse routes to business success

Demand for Linux is stronger than ever, say the companies pushing open-source software at this year's Linux Expo UK. But one size does not fit all Read more

11 October, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Outlook clone links Linux to MS Exchange

Open-source software company Ximian moves into the proprietary market with the release of a package linking Linux to Microsoft Exchange Read more

4 December, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

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