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Wired: Joining Forces at New Linux Lab (OSDL)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 30, 2000

Computer hardware giants Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, and
NEC are joining together to fund an independent, nonprofit
laboratory to help speed the development and testing of
enterprise-targeted Linux projects.

“The Open Source Development Lab will offer access to
high-powered hardware and a wide range of software to developers of
new and existing projects that utilize open-source licenses and
conform to the accepted open-source development models.”

“Caldera, LinuxCare, Red Hat, SuSE, TurboLinux, and VA Linux
will provide support staff and resources for the lab.”

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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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