Wired: Linux Lovers Launch Large Lab

"The industry's first independent, nonprofit lab for developers who are adding business-oriented capabilities to Linux and Linux-based software opens for business Wednesday."

"Backed by the support of 19 sponsor companies and more than $24 million in funding, the Open Source Development Lab is an 11,000-square-foot computing center located in Beaverton, Oregon, a high-tech district west of Portland...."

"The lab houses several servers that interface with high-speed Internet communications links, creating a virtual lab that can be accessed by developers around the world. Future open-source development lab locations around the globe will also be linked together with OSDL to provide a unified virtual development environment."

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