[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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