FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GNU ENTERPRISE AND DOUBLE CHOCO LATTE PROJECTS MERGE TO FURTHER ACCELERATE 
FREE SOFTWARE ENTERPRISE APPLICATION OFFERRINGS 

Gilbert, Arizona, USA - Tuesday February 19th 2002:
 
GNU Enterprise (GNUe), a GNU Project, today announced that it will be 
merging with Double Choco Latte (DCL), a GPL'ed work order and help desk 
management system.  

By putting DCL under the GNUe umbrella, additional resources will be 
immediately devoted to it.  You will see DCL available under the GNUe 
Application Framework as well as its existing PHP interfaces.  One 
immediate advantage will be the modularization of the pieces of DCL and 
the addition of stronger customer management and billing/invoicing by 
project/work order.  DCL will become the project management package of 
GNUe and will use GNUe modules for many of its components. 

"DCL has always had a vision of creating an integrated set of 
applications," said Michael Dean, Lead Developer of Double Choco Latte, 
"The merging of these two projects will accelerate the process of making 
that vision a reality.  Additionally, the GNUe tools will provide a very 
robust and customizable framework on which to build, integrate, and extend 
DCL in ways that would have required significantly more development effort.  
GNUe and DCL together will help create solutions that meet the requirements 
of an organization's ERP or CRM needs."

The combining of talent from both of these free software projects will 
only help accelerate the development of much needed free software 
enterprise applications.  Adding the additional talent and visions to both 
projects only helps expand the offerrings of integrated, yet modular, 
solutions for small to mid size enterprises.  

"From my first experience with DCL I had a feeling that there was a lot to 
be gained by combining our projects," said Derek Neighbors, co-maintainer 
of GNU Enterprise,"and after many late nights with the DCL team, we all 
realized it just makes sense to work together.  The DCL team was filling a 
lot of gaps in the GNUe vision that we just hadn't had the time to focus on,
and we were able to offer a lot of immediate input into DCL to help make 
it more rounded."

Due to the accleration in development that this move brings, within the 
third quarter GNUe expects to have a solution for small software consulting 
firms to run their businesses on and a foundation of other applications in 
which to build other industry specific solutions.


About GNU Enterprise
--------------------
GNU Enterprise (GNUe) is a suite of tools and applications for solving the 
specific needs of the enterprise.  From human resources, accounting, 
customer relationship management and project management to supply chain 
or e-commerce, GNUe can handle the needs of any business, large or small.

Beyond applications, GNUe is a development framework that enables 
enterprise information technology professionals to customize applications 
for their businesses.  The GNUe platform boasts an open architecture and 
easy maintenance.  It gives users a modular system and freedom from being 
stuck with a single-source vendor.  Plus, users get consistency and the 
ability to tap into a network of best practices from other enterprises, 
saving valuable development time.  

Additional information can be found at: 
http://www.gnue.org

GNU Enterprise press contact:
Derek Neighbors, GNU Enterprise, derek@gnue.org


About Double Choco Latte
---------------------------------
Double Choco Latte is a package that provides basic project management 
capabilities, time tracking on tasks, call tracking, email notifications, 
online documents, statistical reports, a report engine, and more features 
are either working or being developed/planned. It is licensed under the 
GPL (GNU Public License), which means it is free to study, distribute, 
modify, and use. 

Additional information can be found at:
http://dcl.sourceforge.net

Double Choco Latte press contact:
Michael Dean, Double Choco Latte, mdean@users.sourceforge.net


About GNU Project
-----------------
GNU is a Free Software Unix-like operating system. Development of GNU 
began in 1984.

GNU/Linux is the integrated combination of the GNU operating system with 
the kernel, Linux, written by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The various versions 
of GNU/Linux have an estimated 20 million users.

Some people call the GNU/Linux system "Linux", but this misnomer leads to 
confusion (people cannot tell whether you mean the whole system or the 
kernel, one part), and spreads an inaccurate picture of how, when and 
where the system was developed. Making a consistent distinction between 
GNU/Linux, the whole operating system, and Linux, the kernel, is the best 
way to clear up the confusion.

Additonal is available at:
http://www.gnu.org

GNU Project press contact:
Bradley Kuhn, Free Software Foundation, bkuhn@gnu.org