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[Mitch Pirtle]

Here is the actual press release:

Award-winning Development Team Welcomes New Arrival -- Joomla!

The multi-award-winning team of core developers, that developed the
world's most popular content management system known as Mambo, has
changed the name of their software to Joomla!

Today, the development team unveiled the Joomla! project's new home at
www.joomla.org.

The Joomla! project announcement comes three weeks after the
development team unanimously voted to secure the project's future in
the spirit of open source software.

The development team formed Open Source Matters
(www.opensourcematters.org) to distribute information to users,
developers, web designers and the community in general.

Project leader Andrew Eddie made the announcement today, heralding the
forthcoming release of Joomla! 1.0.0, the team's first release under
the new structure and brand.

"This forthcoming release will be a celebration for everyone," Mr
Eddie said. "It marks the continuation of one of the best open source
software collaborations without commercial restraint or intervention."

He said the baby Joomla! would be a mature release of the project,
which includes rebranding, bug fixes and security patches. The Joomla!
roadmap about forthcoming releases of the project can be found at the
Joomla! website.

Core team member Brian Teeman said the release of Joomla! was
particularly important to the large user base, which had "supported us
through thick and thin".

"The community is now free to celebrate the new arrival and know the
project is in very safe hands indeed," Mr Teeman said.

The core team has been working very closely with the Software Freedom
Law Center (SFLC), in New York, to establish the Joomla! and Open
Source Matters entities. The SFLC provided legal representation and
other law related services to protect and advance free and open source
software.

"We are grateful for the excellent guidance and legal advice provided
-- at extremely short notice -- by Eben Moglen and his team at the
centre," Mr Teeman said.

"During Joomla's evolution, the project has received thousands of
emails, posts, letters and phone calls of support from people all over
the world," Mr Eddie said.

"The number of people expressing support is quite staggering --
including hobbyists, developers, third-party developers, web
designers, business owners, teachers, students, even members of other
CMS projects ... the list goes on and on," he said.

"Now the word is out and Joomla! has been born, we are focussed on
continuing our award-winning work and taking the project to new
heights."

Joomla! website creation software is released under GNU Public
License. Read more at www.joomla.org and www.opensourcematters.org.

Release prepared by Peter Russell
Authorised by Andrew Eddie and Brian Teeman

--
Mitch Pirtle
Joomla! Core Developer