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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.22.07/Mon/linxfoundation.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.22.07/Mon/linxfoundation.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..327d760 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.22.07/Mon/linxfoundation.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +The two main evangelizers of Linux, [Open Source Development Labs][3] (OSDL) and the [Free Standards Group][1] (FSG) will officially merge later today to form the [Linux Foundation][2].
The decision to merge the previously separate entities is part of an effort to consolidate and re-organize open-source software development and enable it to compete more effectively against Microsoft.
(Note that those first two links will begin redirecting to the third soon; as of this writing all three are in a state of transition so YMMV.)
[1]: http://www.freestandards.org/ "Free Standards"
[2]: http://osdl.org "Open Source Development Labs"
[3]: http://www.linux-foundation.org/ "Linux Foundation"
Jim Zemlin, formerly FSG's executive director, will head the Linux Foundation and the new group has the backing of I.B.M., Intel, Hewlett-Packard and other major corporations heavily invested in Linux as an alternative to Microsoft Windows.
The Linux Foundation's goals include improving backwards compatibility within Linux distributions and to provide legal protection for Linux kernal developers.
Most open source supporters agree that Linux needs a single standard specification for application developers, which is one of the Linux Foundation's primary goals. The foundation hopes to improve interoperability between the various Linux distributions.
As it stands now, Linux software developers often are forced to modify their applications so they can run on different distributions.
The Linux Foundation plans to continue many existing OSDL and FSG projects, including the [Portland project][4], which seeks, among other things, to bridge the KDE and GNOME GUIs. Other areas the foundation will be helping to organize include software packages, system update tools and software packages.
The hope for organizers, and their corporate backers, is that the Linux Foundation will become the the primary source for Linux development, similar to the way the Mozilla Foundation is the heart of browser development or the Apache Foundation is central to server development.
The one-stop-shop approach will also help Linux provide an organized front in its drive to overtake competitor and chief rival in the desktop market, Microsoft.
[4]: http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/ "The Portland Project"
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