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GNOME Foundation Board Election Results

Posted by michael on from the gnews-you-can-use dept.

Anonymous BillyGoat writes "The results of the 2003 GNOME Foundation Elections have been announced. These are preliminary results, and will stand unless someone decides to challenge them. A notable exclusion from this year's list is Miguel De Icaza, whose candidacy application was rejected as it missed the deadline. In related news, barely a few weeks after the news of the death of GNOME hacker Chema Celorio in a sky diving accident, the GNOME community was shocked by the news of the sudden death of Evolution hacker Ettore Perazzoli."

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  1. Gnome == Novell, Sun, Red Hat by chill · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Novell had 5 people elected, but the charter doesn't all that many from 1 company, so 4 will sit on the board.

    Sun & Red Hat had 2 each.

    That means of the 11 sitting members, a super-majority (2/3) is in the hands of 3 big companies.

    Hmmm... the big boys are starting to pay attention. I hope this is a good thing.

    -Charles Hill

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    Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
  2. Ettore's blog by zr-rifle · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here is Ettore's blog, updated to 29 November.

    On a side note, it's moving to browse through the weblog of someone who has died recently. I never knew Ettore, although I regularly use and love Evolution, but from his entries I see he was a very nice person while also being a talented hacker.

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    Hack your mind out of its sandbox.