Mr. Samer: Here is the Fedora Project's response to your questionnaire concerning our organization. I am the primary contact for the Fedora Project for this event. Please direct any future correspondence to me and I will be happy to handle any of your requests in preparation for GITEX. Best Regards, John Babich Volunteer, Fedora Project 1. What does your company do? The Fedora Project (www.fedoraproject.org) is a collection of projects sponsored by Red Hat (www.redhat.com) and developed as a partnership between the open source community and Red Hat engineers. The goal of Fedora is the rapid progress of free and open source software (FOSS) and content. Public forums. Open processes. Rapid innovation. Meritocracy and transparency. All in pursuit of the best operating system and platform that free software (http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) can provide. 2. What are your company's key product lines and services? Our key product is the Fedora Linux distribution. It comes out twice a year or so. It's completely free, and we're committed to keeping it that way. It's the best combination of robust and latest software that exists in the Free software world. Our mindset is Doing the Right Thing. To us, that means providing Free and open source software, at no cost, freely usable, modifiable, redistributable, and unencumbered by software patents. 3. Why is your company appearing at GITEX Technology Week? The Fedora Project is part of the free and open source (FOSS) movement, which is currently revolutionizing the way companies, large and small, do business using cutting-edge information technology. We want to encourage the use of FOSS products and approaches among the business community in the Middle East. 4. What products or services will your company be promoting at the show? The Fedora 7 Linux distribution is our primary "product". A full-featured operating system and suite of applications, Fedora 7 is also the basis for the award-winning Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the One Laptop Per Child OS, and various other Linux-based systems. Our "services" are enabling businesses to apply Linux and other open source products, like Firefox web browser or OpenOffice.org office suite, to solve their IT challenges, by developing and distributing a world-class operating system and collection of Free software. 5. What does your company hope to achieve by appearing at GITEX Technology Week? The Fedora Project hopes to promote the further adoption of Free and Open Source technologies in the enterprise business community in the Middle East. 6. How important is GITEX Technology Week to your company's success in the Middle East? GITEX Technology Week is important to us because it gives us the opportunity to meet a very significant cross-section of businesses in the Middle East region. 7. How does your company feel about the Middle East market and the opportunities it presents? The Fedora Project recognizes the tremendous growth of information and communications technologies (ICT) in the region. Free and open source software allow companies to optimize their IT expenditures and invest their budgets wisely. We also have a strong team focussed on internationalization (I18N) and localization (L10N) efforts to meet the needs of end users in this region. 8. What are your 3 strategic business objectives within the Arabian market for 2007? 1. To promote the adoption of Free, open source software and content in the Middle East region. 2. To promote greater awareness of all the options for implementing business solutions. 3. To encourage regional participation in the development of free and open source solutions. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
