Two Linux supporting groups merge to form the Linux Foundation with the blessing of several major manufacturers
By: Captain Maverick
Published: Jan 23, 2007
Updated: Aug 31, 2010
Linux is an open source project developed out of Beaverton Oregon's Open Source Development Labs, and they will be merging with the Free Standards Group in San Fransisco to form the Linux Foundation. The groups are both six years old and share overlapping memberships of business sponsors and goals.
The foundations new executive director if Jim Zemlin who stated "We will be a vendor-neutral organization capable of responding to competitors' attacks and FUD." Mr. Zemlin is the former executive director of the Free Standards Group. The Merger must still be ratified by it's group members but that should be completed sometime early in February.
Some of the key backers of the Linux Foundation includes Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Novell, and Oracle. The group will have 70 vendor sponsors in all. Other members include Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC. Zemlin said that "Microsoft spends a lot of money protecting its Windows platform, and we're going to do the same thing." Both groups depend on their corporate sponsors for their annual budgets.
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