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AP/Yahoo!: Linux Distributors Unite on Standard

[ Thanks to tietack
for this link. ]

“In a move to make the freely distributed Linux operating system
a stronger alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Windows, a group of
major Linux distributors announced Friday they have united on a
standard set of components for desktop versions of Linux.

“The standard created by the Free Standards Group should make it
easier for developers to write applications that will work on Linux
versions from different distributors…”


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