GUADEC 2002 to Bring Top GNOME Developers and Enthusiasts From Every Corner of the World.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002 The third annual GNOME gnome (nōm), in folklore, tiny subterranean creature associated with mines and quarries. Usually represented as misshapen, frequently as hunchbacked, gnomes are said to be guardians of hidden treasures. User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC GUADEC Gnome Users and Developers European Conference ) boasts program that includes top developers and Free/Open Source software luminaries The third annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) will bring developers, GNOME Foundation The GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, coordinating the efforts in the GNOME project. The GNOME Foundation leaders and individual, business and government GNOME users to Seville, Spain next month. The conference is a unique forum for highlighting the capabilities of GNOME, the user environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet devices. GUADEC will also feature meaningful discussions of the future direction of GNOME development. "The GNOME project has more than 700, mostly volunteer, developers worldwide," said Timothy Ney, GNOME Foundation executive director. "GUADEC is a unique event that brings these talented individuals together to discuss and demonstrate their work and to build roadmaps for future development. The energy and enthusiasm they bring to GUADEC is tremendous." GUADEC is being held April 4-6, 2002 in the Escuela Superior de Ingenieros in Seville, Spain. The program boasts a stellar lineup of speakers, including Jon "Maddog" Hall of Linux International Linux International, also known simply as LI, is a worldwide, non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of growth of Linux and FOSS. It is headed by Jon "maddog" Hall. External links
Miguel de Icaza was born in Mexico City and studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) but never received a degree. , GNOME Foundation president and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Ximian, Inc. and Jim Gettys, principle member of technical staff, Cambridge Research Laboratory, Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. . "Since the inception of the GNOME project in 1997, thanks to the contributions of thousands of developers worldwide, GNOME has quickly matured as a computing environment," said Miguel de Icaza, president of the GNOME Foundation and CTO and co-founder of Ximian, Inc. "In addition to the efforts of the developer community, strong corporate support has built up the momentum behind GNOME, helping make it the open source environment of choice for the corporate desktop. The development goals we discuss at GUADEC will pave the way for the development of even more powerful, scalable and stable desktop applications for Linux and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). users." GNOME is a free software project that is developing a complete, easy to use desktop for GNU/Linux (more commonly known as Linux), BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. , Solaris, HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. and a variety of other UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. More than 700 computer developers, including over 100 full-time, paid developers, contribute their time and effort to the project. About GUADEC The GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) is an annual gathering of GNOME developers, enthusiasts and individual, business and government users worldwide. It provides a forum for members of the GNOME project to showcase their work and to discuss the future of GNOME development. Housed in a different European country each year, GUADEC is a catalyst for the future development and direction of GNOME. Sponsors for GUADEC 2002 include Hewlett-Packard Company, Ximian, Inc., Isotrol and the Open Source Development Network. About the GNOME Foundation Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME. The Foundation provides organizational, financial and legal support to the GNOME project and helps determine its vision and roadmap. GNOME is an entirely free user environment for desktops, networked servers and portable Internet devices. The modern architecture and design of GNOME includes a technically advanced application development platform and a powerful end-user desktop environment. Major leading software industry and computer manufacturers support the GNOME development effort, which is led by a worldwide community of volunteers. More information on GNOME is available at www.gnome.org. |
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