“Backers to spend millions of dollars in equipment and funding
for the non-profit lab for enterprise Linux development….”
“Last August IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and NEC joined forces
to sponsor the lab, whose goal is to make Linux more reliable,
available and serviceable so that it can meet enterprise computing
needs….”
“One source said the project list going forward had all but been
decided. The August announcement said that the lab would not
initially create new projects, but rather help accelerate current
projects developed by the open-source community.”