May 1, 2003: Terra Novum announces the first version release of the EZ GPO Network Administrators tool. This has been released under a BSD style Open Source license (source here). By releasing this tool as open source, Terra Novum and the EPA ensure that all citizens will benefit from the work and knowledge that went into making the tool a reality.

EZ GPO is a tool for network administrators who manage Windows client workstations using Group Policy Objects under Active Directory, Novell NDS/Zenworks or any other client registry management system. It gives centralized control to network administrators over the user's power management settings. Something, due to the designs of Microsoft's implementation of power management, is impossible using normal techniques. The readme gives the basic overview of methodology and installation. For more detailed documentation please see here and here for more information.