Users with Disabilities Get Built-in Assistive Technology Solutions with the GNOME 2.0 Desktop

New developments make the GNOME 2.0 Desktop more accessible to the needs of users with disabilities. New York, N.Y. January 28, 2002 - The GNOME Foundation today announced the latest innovative assistive technology contributions to the GNOME project, an open-source, free-software desktop for GNU/Linux and UNIX. BAUM Retec AG delivers the first…

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Making GNOME Accessible — Opening New Doors At the Workplace for Users with Disabilities

Cupertino, California -- August 28, 2001 -- GNOME Foundation today announced the early access release of the Gnome 2.0 Accessibility Framework. This framework paves the way for a new generation of applications that integrate with assistive technologies -- enabling all users to access the GNOME desktop. Sun's contributions to the GNOME Accessibility…

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Tim Ney Joins GNOME Foundation

Well-known free software advocate and non-profit management expert joins the desktop software organization. BOSTON, Mass. August 22, 2001 In a move that will take it to the next level, the GNOME Foundation, the organization driving the direction and development of GNOME desktop software for GNU/Linux, UNIX and other free software systems, has…

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GNOME 1.4 Released: Desktop Environment Boasts Power, Stability, Polish and Integration

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001-- Latest GNOME release offers something for everyone - from enhanced end-user capabilities to powerful development tools. In a move that will take free software (also referred to as open source software) to a new level, the GNOME Foundation announced the release of GNOME 1.4. The release offers…

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GNOME Foundation Enters China with Membership of RedFlag Software Co. Ltd.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2001-- RedFlag's Membership in the Foundation Signals the Localization of GNOME Into Chinese -- Making it Available to More Than One Billion People. In a move that will make GNOME available to more than a billion people, RedFlag has joined the Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation. As…

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Borland Joins GNOME Foundation Advisory Board

Borland To Support Linux Desktop With Upcoming Kylix[tm] Development Platform Las Vegas, Nev. -- November 15, 2000 -- Inprise Corporation (Nasdaq: INPR), herein referred to as Borland, today at the Linux Business Expo announced its reaffirmed commitment to open-source development by joining the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board. Borland teams with firms such…

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Sun Joins GNOME Foundation

Adopts upcoming GNOME 2.0 as future user desktop for Solaris[tm] Operating Environment PALO ALTO, CA -- August 15, 2000 -- Today at the LinuxWorld 2000 conference in San Jose, California, Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it is joining the GNOME Foundation, a new organization of open community developers and leading high-technology companies that…

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New commitments to GNOME

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…

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“Red Hat Joins Industry Vendors as a Founding Member of the GNOME Foundation

Foundation to Reinforce and Advance GNOME as the World's Leading Open-source Desktop Environment. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-August 15, 2000-Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT), the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced it has joined the GNOME project and top industry vendors including Compaq, Eazel, Helix Code, IBM, Sun Microsystems and VA…

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