From:	 Dan York <dyork@e-smith.com>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: e-smith acquired by Mitel Networks
Date:	 Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:00:39 -0400

LWN folks,

We can now officially pass the news on that e-smith, inc., has been
acquired by Mitel Networks Corporation.  You can read the news release at:

  http://www.e-smith.com/article.php3?sid=50&mode=threaded&order=0

We have also prepared a FAQ that answers questions we know people may
have about how this relates to our open source activities:

  http://www.e-smith.org/article.php3?sid=48&mode=threaded&order=0

We are very excited about this new chapter in the e-smith story as it
offers the potential for further development resources and some very
cool integration features.

From a development perspective, nothing really has changed. We still
have the same technical team. We are still creating an open source
server product with an open architecture that you all can enhance
and customize.  The difference is that we are now part of a larger
organization with more resources and capabilities.

That's the scoop...
Dan

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