[wplug] Everybody is trying to take over Linux
Gary Morrow
gary.morrow at ansys.com
Mon Jan 22 13:45:50 EST 2007
Jonathan Billings wrote:
> Greg Simkins wrote:
>> Am I mistaken or is everybody jumping on the Linux bandwagon to carve
>> out their piece of the action? Or is this one really committed to
>> free software?
>
> Well, the Free Standards Group (a nonprofit organization) and the Open
> Source Development Lab (I think it was also nonprofit) are a lot
> different than Microsoft and SuSE. Coming together makes sense for
> the two groups -- neither is trying to "Jump on the bandwagon" or
> "carve out their piece of the action." To say so is just being alarmist.
>
> They're both great organizations doing their part to promote and
> further develop Linux and open source software. I'm glad to see
> they're working together now.
>
> Check out their web page: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Main_Page
>
Also check out the members page to see what companies have
provided funding:http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Members
BTW: Some guy named Linus works there too.
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