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
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