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<sect1 id="identity-project-mission">
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<title>Corporate Mission</title>
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<para>
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&TC;; exists to produce &TC;;, an Enterprise-class Linux
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Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the
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public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.
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&TC;; conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution
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policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (&TC;; mainly
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changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and
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artwork.).
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</para>
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<para>
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&TC;; is developed by a small but growing team of core
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developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an
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active user community including system administrators, network
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administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux
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contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world.
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</para>
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<para>
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&TC;; has numerous advantages including: an active and growing
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user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QA'ed errata
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packages, an extensive mirror network, developers who are
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contactable and responsive of a reliable Enterprise-class
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Linux Distribution, multiple free support avenues including a
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<ulink type="http" url="http://wiki.centos.org/">Wiki</ulink>,
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url="http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=8">IRC
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Chat</ulink>,
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url="http://lists.centos.org/">Email Lists</ulink>,
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type="http"
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url="http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/">Forums</ulink>, and
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a dynamic
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url="http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/">FAQ</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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