Jon Hall, president of Linux International, to form UnifiedRoot Advisory

Amsterdam, January 16, 2006 - UnifiedRoot, the company that has created a new and simplified Internet addressing system for corporate and public top-level domains (TLDs), has appointed Jon Hall, president of Linux International, as a founding member of its advisory board. He will assist UnifiedRoot in the expansion of the advisory board with the specific task of addressing technical and policy issues.

UnifiedRoot wants to improve the way people use the Internet. Through the use of top-level domains UnifiedRoot promotes a more intuitive standard of Internet addressing, for example:  products.yourname instead of http://www.yourname.com/products.

Jon Hall: "As one of the early supporters of the commercial side of the Linux system, I feel that a more liberalised and standardised approach to Internet navigation will make the make the Internet easier to use and propel innovation. UnifiedRoot will be funding freely distributed software that will benefit the entire Internet, and therefore the entire world. These applications and services will enable the Internet to more efficiently accommodate a broadening array of future uses."

Erik Seeboldt, CEO of UnifiedRoot: "The support and involvement of Jon Hall and the free and open source software (FOSS) community is an important step toward our goals to develop applications that will allow users to liberate the true potential of the Internet."

Jon "maddog" Hall is the president of Linux International, the organisation dedicated to the promotion of the Linux Operating System. Previously, Mr. Hall worked at such companies as Bell Laboratories and DEC (UNIX Group). Over his thirty-five year career in computer engineering he has been a systems engineer, systems programmer, university professor, manager, and businessman.

About UnifiedRoot
UnifiedRoot makes corporate and public top-level domains globally available for the first time. It provides a simple, direct, logical, and intuitive Internet addressing system enabling governments, companies, entrepreneurs, and all other Internet users to enjoy an easier, user-friendly approach to locating information on the Internet. The UnifiedRoot Foundation has also been established to support the funding, development, and implementation of new Internet technologies. UnifiedRoot is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.