HP Contributes Source Code to Open Source Community to Advance Adoption of Linux | Linux Today

HP Contributes Source Code to Open Source Community to Advance Adoption of Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 23, 2008

“Continuing its efforts to advance customer adoption of Linux,
HP today announced the contribution of its Tru64 UNIX Advanced File
System (AdvFS) source code to the open source community.

“The AdvFS source code includes capabilities that increase
uptime, enhance security and help ensure maximum performance of
Linux file systems. HP will contribute the code as a reference
implementation of an enterprise Linux file system under the terms
of General Public License Version 2 for compatibility with the
Linux kernel, as well as provide design documentation, test suites
and engineering resources…”

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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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