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| by Stan Beer | |
| Tuesday, 23 January 2007 | |
  
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Founding platinum members of the Linux Foundation include Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell, and Oracle. Jim Zemlin, former executive director of the Free Standards Group, leads The Linux Foundation. Other members of the new organization include every major company in the Linux industry, including Red Hat, as well as community groups, universities and industry end users. "Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows. While being managed under one roof has given Windows some consistency, Linux offers freedom of choice, customization and flexibility without forcing customers into vendor lock-in," said Zemlin. "The Linux Foundation helps in the next stage of Linux growth by organizing the diverse companies and constituencies of the Linux ecosystem to promote, protect, and standardize Linux." The Linux Foundation will continue to sponsor the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other key developers and employ a shared resources strategy to collaborate on platform development. OSDL and the FSG were important forces behind open source adoption and played key roles in preventing fragmentation of the Linux market. According to the the Linux Foundation, for Linux to remain open and attain the greatest ubiquity possible, important services must be provided, including legal protection, standardization, promotion and collaboration. Late last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer raised the spectre of patent challenges to Linux distributions, a view bolstered by an indemnity agreement signed between Microsoft and major Linux distributor Novell. The merger is pending ratification by the two organizations' respective memberships and is expected to be completed in early February.{moscomment} |
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