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From: Florian Effenberger <floeff@documentfoundation.org>
Date: 2011/6/15
Subject: [tdf-discuss] First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate
wide corporate support for LibreOffice
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First TDF Advisory Board members demonstrate wide corporate support
for LibreOffice

Strong backing for a truly free and vendor-neutral office suite
The Document Foundation provides solid grounds to build upon

The Document Foundation today announced the first members of its
Advisory Board: Google, SUSE, Red Hat, Freies Office Deutschland e.V.,
Software in the Public Interest, and the Free Software Foundation. The
new appointees will serve for an initial term of one year.

The body represents The Document Foundation's sponsors, with each
sponsor having the right to one representative. They will provide the
future Board of Directors with advice, guidance and proposals, and
will consult regularly on the further development of the Foundation
and its associated projects.

"We're very proud, and warmly welcome the first members of the
Advisory Board. Its composition shows that LibreOffice is a
vendor-neutral, truly-free office suite, and confirms that The
Document Foundation has created a solid base to build upon, for the
community, for corporations and enterprises, and for adopters and
end-users," said Florian Effenberger on behalf of The Document
Foundation's Steering Committee. "With LibreOffice being downloaded
from all over the world, with the community growing quickly, and with
organizations and corporations showing strong support, The Document
Foundation has succeeded in creating a safe, stable and secure base to
ensure the future of free office suites," he added.

Thomas Krumbein, Chairman of the German non-profit organization Freies
Office Deutschland e.V., commented, "Freies Office Deutschland e.V.
has been in existence since 2004. We have been closely cooperating
with end-users, organizations and businesses in Germany and, over the
last two years, have organized a dedicated congress for business and
administration. The founding of The Document Foundation has been very
well received, especially by those looking for safety and stability.
We are honored to serve on the Advisory Board and to help shape what
we believe is the ideal home for a truly-free office suite."

Holger Dyroff, Vice President Business Development for SUSE, stated,
"SUSE recognises the value of community governance and is very pleased
to help fund as well as provide advice to The Document Foundation. I
look forward to representing SUSE on the inaugural Advisory Board.
This will assure that our customers and users views and priorities are
represented to the leadership of The Document Foundation."

"The Document Foundation shares the objectives of openness,
transparency, interoperability and user choice that are reflected in
Red Hat's core values," said Brian Stevens, CTO and vice president,
Worldwide Engineering, Red Hat. "We are pleased to participate on the
Advisory Board and to highlight the importance of continued community
contributions and potential benefits from the availability of a free
office suite."

Jeremy Allison, co-founder of Samba and member of Google's Open Source
Programs Office, added, "The creation of The Document Foundation's
Advisory board is a great step forward for the organization. Google is
pleased to be a supporter of The Document Foundation, and to provide
funding and advice to advance their work."

Bdale Garbee, President of Software in the Public Interest added,
"Software in the Public Interest is pleased to have The Document
Foundation's LibreOffice as an associated project. TDF and LibreOffice
match well with our mission, and we are pleased to be able to provide
funding services and contribute advice for TDF's future."

John Sullivan, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation,
concluded, "The Free Software Foundation is pleased to offer its
advise to The Document Foundation. We applaud TDF's demonstrated
commitment to user freedom, and will do our best to help it achieve
its free software goals going forward."


Press and Media Contacts

Florian Effenberger (based near Munich, Germany, UTC+1)
Phone: +49 8341 99660880
Mobile: +49 151 14424108
E-mail: floeff@documentfoundation.org
Skype: floeff

Olivier Hallot (based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UTC-3)
Mobile: +55 21 88228812
E-mail: olivier.hallot@documentfoundation.org

Charles H. Schulz (based in Paris, France, UTC+1)
Mobile: +33 6 98655424
E-mail: charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org

Italo Vignoli (based in Milan, Italy, UTC+1)
Phone: +39 02 320621813
Mobile: +39 348 5653829
E-mail: italo.vignoli@documentfoundation.org
Skype: italovignoli
Google Talk: italo.vignoli@gmail.com

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