Finalizing the .NET Foundation announcement

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+title:  "NUnit Joins the .NET Foundation"
+date:   2017-11-16 14:00:00 -0000
+categories: news update nunit
+---
+![NUnit and the .NET Foundation](/img/nunit_dotnetfoundation.png)
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+NUnit is the oldest and most popular unit testing framework for .NET. It was originally written by Philip Craig in 2000 on an alpha release of the .NET Framework. As such, it is likely one of the first and longest running open source projects for .NET.
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+As such, we are happy to announce that the NUnit Project is joining the [.NET Foundation](https://www.dotnetfoundation.org). NUnit will continue to be run by the core team, [Rob Prouse](http://www.alteridem.net), [Charlie Poole](http://www.charliepoole.org/), [Terje Sandstrom](http://Hermit.no), [Chris Maddock](https://github.com/ChrisMaddock) and [Joseph Musser](https://github.com/jnm2). The [.NET Foundation](https://www.dotnetfoundation.org) will provide guidance and support to help ensure the future of the project.
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+The success of NUnit has been made possible through the hard work of our many [contributors](https://github.com/nunit/nunit/graphs/contributors) and [team members](https://github.com/orgs/nunit/people). This is the perfect time to thank everyone for the help and contributions that have made NUnit the success that it is. This month, the various NUnit packages passed **30 million downloads** on [NuGet.org](https://www.nuget.org/). We couldn't have done that without the dedication of the many volunteers that donate their time and knowledge to the project.
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+The .NET Foundation is an independent organization dedicated to strengthening the future of the .NET ecosystem by promoting openness and community participation. The .NET Foundation supports .NET open source by promoting the broad spectrum of software available to .NET developers and by advocating for the needs of .NET open source developers in the community. They evangelize the benefits of the .NET platform to the wider community of developers and they promote the benefits of the open source model to developers already using .NET.

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                   We are happy to announce that the NUnit Project is joining the <a href="https://www.dotnetfoundation.org">.NET Foundation</a>.
                   NUnit will continue to be run by the core team, <a href="http://www.alteridem.net">Rob Prouse</a>,
                   <a href="http://www.charliepoole.org/">Charlie Poole</a>, <a href="http://Hermit.no">Terje Sandstrom</a>,
-                  <a href="#">Chris Maddock</a> and <a href="https://github.com/jnm2/">Joseph Musser</a>. The
-                  <a href="https://www.dotnetfoundation.org">.NET Foundation</a> will provide guidance and support
+                  <a href="https://github.com/ChrisMaddock">Chris Maddock</a> and <a href="https://github.com/jnm2">Joseph Musser</a>.
+                  The <a href="https://www.dotnetfoundation.org">.NET Foundation</a> will provide guidance and support
                   to help ensure the future of the project.
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                   <a href="https://github.com/orgs/nunit/people">team members</a>. This is the perfect time to thank everyone for
                   the help and contributions that have made NUnit the success that it is. This month, the various NUnit packages
                   passed <b>30 million downloads</b> on <a href="https://www.nuget.org/">NuGet.org</a>. We couldn't have done that
-                  without your support.
+                  without the dedication of the many volunteers that donate their time and knowledge to the project.
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