LinuxWorld: "Open Source Fund" Proposed at EDGE 2004 in Boston

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"The founder and president of the Greater Hartford GNU/Linux Users Group (GHGLUG), a group of people that like to use Linux and other open source projects either for work or fun, today proposed the establishment of an Open Source Fund.

"Speaking at the EDGE 2004 Conference & Expo in Boston, Michael Trosen floated the idea in font of a panel of Linux experts, and received some very encouraging replies.

"'Every day I get a bunch of projects where we're being asked to fund,' said Sam Greenblatt, SVP & Chief Architect of Computer Associates' Linux Technology Group, 'and we do.' This could be an extension of that, he implied..."

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