[ Thanks to Gaël Duval for this link.
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MandrakeSoft, the company behind the popular Linux-Mandrake
Linux distribution will finance David Faure, core-developer at KDE
to work for the KOffice and KDE projects.
For Gaël Duval, co-founder of Mandrakesoft, “Mandrake owes
a lot of its success to KDE and Free Software movement. We are very
happy to help back and contribute to the enhancement of
development. We invite all the companies who profit from Open
Source Software to support KOffice by funding dedicated developers.
The more good developers will be involved in KOffice the faster it
will be ready for the users.”
David Faure has been a core developer for the KDE project for
two years, maintainer of the KDE file manager (kfm) and its
rewrite, OpenParts-based (konqueror). He has also participated in
the development of the KDE libraries, including KOM/OpenParts, as
well as the development of KOffice itself.
About KDE:
KDE is a collaborative project by hundreds of developers
worldwide to create a sophisticated, customizable and stable
desktop environment employing a network-transparent, intuitive user
interface. In addition, many KDE users assisted in the preparation
of new releases by providing constructive feedback, suggestions and
software patches. KDE is working proof of the power of the open
source software development model.
About MandrakeSoft:
Founded in 1998, MandrakeSoft publishes the popular Linux
Mandrake operating system, which is compatible with the leading Red
Hat Linux ™ distribution. Linux Mandrake 6.0 features the
“Mandrake touch” MandrakeSoft’s signature graphical interfaces that
give users selected desktop icons including easy CD-Rom and floppy
disk access and easy Internet upgrades using the “Mandrake Update”
icon. Linux Mandrake also features Pentium optimization, scalable
font support and KDE/Gnome integration. MandrakeSoft is also the
originator of several other innovative Open Source cooperative
projects that focus on ease of use, including Lothar, an automatic
hardware configuration, Linux4Windows, which allows users to
install and use Linux on top of a Windows partition, and the
DiskDrake hard-drive partitioning tool.
LinuxMall, the largest online reseller of Linux products,
reports that Linux Mandrake was its bestselling box version in
July. LinuxWorld also selected Linux Mandrake as a finalist in
three categories: Product of the Year, Distribution/Client and
Distribution/Server.
KOffice: http://koffice.kde.org
KDE: http://www.kde.org
Linux-Mandrake: http://www.linux-mandrake.com