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LinuxPR: Jabber Selected along with Linux for Testing in new $24M Open Source Developers Lab

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2001

“As demand for Jabber increases, we’re pleased to have the
opportunity to test our software on hardware and equipment not
normally accessible to us in the open source community.”

“Lab funding provided from industry giants including
Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Corporation, NEC Corporation,
Covalent, Caldera, Dell, Linuxcare, LynuxWorks, Red Hat, SGI, SuSE,
TurboLinux,VA Linux, Computer Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, ,
Miracle Linux and Mitsubishi Electric.”

“Jabber.com, Inc., provider of commercial Jabber* Instant
Messaging solutions and a subsidiary of Webb Interactive Services,
Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBB), today announced that the Jabber open source
project has been selected as one of two projects for early
scalability testing in the industry’s first independent, non-profit
lab designed for developers who are adding new business-oriented
capabilities to Linux and Linux-based software.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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