Open Source Development Labs
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Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) was a non-profit organization supported by a global consortium dedicated to the advancement of the kernel called Linux. Founded in 2000, its goals included "to be the recognized center-of-gravity for the Linux industry" and to serve as "a central body dedicated to accelerating the use of Linux for enterprise computing."
On January 22, 2007, OSDL and the Free Standards Group merged to form The Linux Foundation, narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux in competition with Microsoft Windows.[1]
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[edit] Activities
OSDL sponsored key industry projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate data centers, in telecommunications networks, and on desktop computers. It also:
- provided hardware resources to the free software community which is also called the open source community
- tested and reported on open source software.
- employed a number of Linux developers.
Its employees included Linus Torvalds, the first OSDL fellow, and Bryce Harrington. In 2005, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell was the second OSDL fellow for a year.
It had data centers in Beaverton, Oregon, United States and Yokohama, Japan.
OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of Computer Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Ltd., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel Corporation, Nippon Electric Corporation, as well as a large collection of independent software vendors, end-user companies and educational institutions. A steering committee comprised of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.
OSDL had established 4 Working Groups since 2002:
- Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI)
- Carrier Grade Linux (CGL)
- Data Center Linux (DCL)
- Desktop Linux (DTL)
[edit] OSDL members
In addition to the 7 major founders mentioned above, the members of OSDL also included:
- 10art-ni Corporation
- a la Mobile, Inc.
- Alcatel
- Adobe
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Beijing Software Testing Center
- Black Duck Software
- Bull
- Cassatt
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Computer Engineering & Consulting, Ltd
- Centeris Corporation
- Co-Create Corporation
- CSIP
- EMC Corporation
- Kobe Institute of Computing
- Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency
- Linspire
- Levanta, Inc.
- LynuxWorks
- Marist College
- Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
- Mitsubishi Electric
- MIZI Research
- MontaVista Software
- Motorola
- National University of Defense Technology
- Network Appliance
- Nokia
- Novell
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
- NTT Data Intellilink
- Open Country, Inc.
- Open Source Japan
- Oregon State University
- Pacific Crest Securities
- PalmSource
- Performance Technologies, Inc.
- Portland State University
- Red Flag Software Co.,Ltd
- Red Hat
- Scalix Corporation
- Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group
- Siemens AG
- SpikeSource
- Spreadtrum Communications Corp.
- Stratus Technologies
- TimeSys
- Tokyo University of Technology
- Toshiba America, Inc
- Trolltech
- Turbolinux
- Unisys
- University of Helsinki
- Voyager Capital
- Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University
- Waseda University
- Wind River Systems
- Wyse
- Xandros
[edit] Reference
- ^ The Linux Foundation (January 22, 2007). New Linux Foundation Launches – Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. “"Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows."”
[edit] See also
- Patent Commons, a project launched in November 2005 by the OSDL
