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The GNOME Foundation and Industry Leaders Join to Create GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initiative

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 19, 2007

“The GNOME Foundation announced today the creation of the GNOME
Mobile & Embedded Initiative (GMAE), and a software platform
for user experience development across a wide range of device
profiles.

“‘GNOME continues to drive the cutting edge of Open Source and
Free Software innovation. With the GNOME Mobile & Embedded
Initiative, GNOME expands the reach of Software Freedom to new
devices, new markets, and new audiences,’ said Jeff Waugh, founder
of the GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initiative and a director of the
GNOME Foundation board. ‘Developers will not only have the means to
create great mobile and embedded software, but the freedom to
envision and create fundamentally new kinds of devices, for
entirely new markets…'”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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