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: flo...@documentfoundation.org
Skype: floeff
Olivier Hallot (based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UTC-3)
Mobile: +55 21 88228812
E-mail: olivier.hal...@documentfoundation.org
Charles H. Schulz (based in Paris, France, UTC+1)
Mobile: +33 6 98655424
E-mail: charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org
Italo Vignoli (based in Milan, Italy, UTC+1)
Phone: +39 02 320621813
Mobile: +39 348 5653829
E-mail: italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org
Skype: italovignoli
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