GNOME Foundation Annual Report for 2007

The GNOME Foundation has released an annual report as a rather slickly-produced PDF file. "We have completed our original goal. Ten years ago, GNU/Linux distributions did not include a free and usable web browser. Ten years ago, using only free software, you could not do graphic design and illustration, you could not balance your checkbook, you could not download pictures from your camera to the computer, you could not do phone calls over the Internet, you could not create a spreadsheet with pie charts, and you could not plug a USB drive into your computer and expect it to 'just work'. Okay, USB sticks didn't exist ten years ago, but you get the idea."

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