LinuxPlanet: OSDL Seeks To Be Linux Center of Gravity

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 22, 2003

“It’s hard to follow Linux news lately and not hear about the
Open Source Development Lab (OSDL).

“Wide-eyed fans and businesspeople alike turned toward
Beaverton, Oregon when, on June 17, OSDL announced that none other
than Linus Torvalds was coming to work for them, full time, on the
Linux kernel. Soon after, on June 30, Brian Grega, formerly of both
MontaVista and LynuxWorks, was given the new position Director of
Business Development.

“When OSDL announced on July 1 that Linux kernel maintainer
Andrew Morton had also come on board full time, exclusively to
maintain kernel 2.6.x through its usage cycle, one got the distinct
impression that some interesting things were happening at the lab.
Fortunately, it didn’t take long to catch up with OSDL CEO Stuart
Cohen to find out more…”

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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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