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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</p>
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<h2 align="center">SQLite Consortium Launches With Mozilla And Symbian As Charter Members</h2>
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<h3 align="center">Ensures independent technical direction for world's
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most deployed SQL database engine</h3>
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<p><b>Charlotte, North Carolina - December 12, 2007</b> - The SQLite Consortium,
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a new membership association dedicated to maintaining SQLite as a fully open
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and independent product, was formally announced today. Mozilla and Symbian Ltd.
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have joined the SQLite Consortium as charter members.<p>
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<p>SQLite is a compact, high efficiency, high reliability, embeddable SQL database
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engine. The source code to SQLite is in the public domain and is available with
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no associated fees. SQLite is the most deployed SQL database engine in the world
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and is currently used in a wide range of commercial software products and electronic
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devices from leading manufacturers. SQLite is found today in many mobile phones,
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MP3 players, set-top boxes, and PCs.</p>
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<p>The mission of the SQLite Consortium is to continue developing and enhancing
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SQLite as a product that anyone may use without paying royalties or licensing fees.
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Members of the SQLite Consortium provide funding to enable this mission and in
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return receive enterprise-level technical support. Technical control and direction
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of SQLite remains entirely with the SQLite developers.</p>
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<p>Mozilla, developer of the popular open-source Firefox web browser, and Symbian,
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the market-leading open operating system for advanced data-enabled smartphones,
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both deploy the SQLite database engine in their products. As charter members of
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the Consortium, Mozilla and Symbian are ensuring the development and support of
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SQLite as a freely accessible and public domain software asset.</p>
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<p>"SQLite has become a popular embedded database because it is lightweight, fast,
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and open source," said Michael Schroepfer, Vice President of Engineering, Mozilla.
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"As a charter member of the SQLite Consortium, Mozilla is excited to help ensure
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SQLite remains a vibrant and open technology, in line with our mission to promote
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choice and innovation on the Internet."</p>
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<p>"The SQLite Consortium will help set the standards for database management
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which are essential in smartphone functionality and will also help create a pool
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of developers, highly-skilled in SQLite for future mobile phone development, "
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said Bruce Carney, Director, Developer Programmes & Services, Symbian.
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"Our involvement with the SQL Consortium not only demonstrates Symbian's commitment
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to open standards in the industry, but as mobile phones become increasingly powerful
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and smartphones become increasingly popular, we are focused on ensuring that
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desktop developers, who move to the mobile space, have the easiest and most
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productive experience possible."</p>
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<p>SQLite is a winner of the 2005 Google/O'Reilly Open Source Award. Additional
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information regarding the SQLite Consortium is available at the SQLite website,
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http://www.sqlite.org/.</p>
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# # #
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</center>
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<p><b>About SQLite</b></p>
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<p>SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, embeddable,
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serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. The code for
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SQLite is in the public domain and is free for any use, commercial or private.
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SQLite is currently found in countless software titles and electronic devices.</p>
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<p>SQLite was originally developed and released 2000 by Dr. D. Richard Hipp.
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The code continues to be maintained and enhanced by an international team
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of developers under Hipp's direction.</p>
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CONTACT INFORMATION:<br>
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SQLite Consortium<br>
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Dr. D. Richard Hipp<br>
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6200 Maple Cove Lane<br>
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Charlotte, NC 28269<br>
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Email: drh@sqlite.org<br>
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http://www.sqlite.org/<br>
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Tel: +1.704.948.4565
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</p>
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<p><b>About Mozilla</b></p>
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<p>Mozilla is a global community dedicated to building free, open source products
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and technologies that improve the online experience for people everywhere.
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Mozilla works in the open with a highly disciplined, transparent and cooperative
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development process, under the umbrella of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.
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As a wholly owned subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation organizes the development
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and marketing of Mozilla products. This unique structure has enabled Mozilla to
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financially support and cultivate competitive, viable community innovation.
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For more information, visit www.mozilla.com.</p>
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<p>CONTACT INFORMATION:<br>
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Mozilla Corporation<br>
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Jessica Waight<br>
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Tel: +1.415.345.4754<br>
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Email: jwaight@outcastpr.com
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</p>
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<p><b>About Symbian Limited</b></p>
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<p>Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS,
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the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones
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known as smartphones.</p>
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<p>Symbian licenses Symbian OS to the world's leading handset manufacturers
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and has built close co-operative business relationships with leading companies
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across the mobile industry. During Q3 2007, 20.4 million Symbian smartphones
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were sold worldwide to over 250 major network operators, bringing the total
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number of Symbian smartphones shipped up to 30 September 2007 to 165 million.</p>
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<p>Symbian has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom, with offices in the
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United States, United Kingdom, Asia (India, P.R. China, and Korea) and Japan.
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For more information, please visit www.symbian.com.</p>
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<p>CONTACT INFORMATION:<br>
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Symbian Global Press Office<br>
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Karen Hamblen<br>
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+44 207 154 1707<br>
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press@symbian.com
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