The Smalltalk Foundation?

Klaus D. Witzel klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Mon Jan 22 15:09:26 UTC 2007


Found on /.

"The Linux Foundation. The result of this consolidation will be to  
dedicate the resources of the combined membership to 'accelerate the  
growth of Linux by providing a comprehensive set of services to compete  
effectively with closed platforms.' Jim Zemlin, currently the head of FSG,  
will lead the new organization as its Executive Director. The new  
organization will continue to support Linux in a variety of ways,  
including by providing economic support to Linus Torvalds and other key  
kernel developers, managing the Linux trademark, and providing legal  
protection to developers through such initiatives as the Open Source as  
Prior Art project, the Patent Commons, and the Linux Legal Defense Fund.  
All in all, a tall order, but eminently possible given its membership: The  
Linux Foundation's founding members will include every major company in  
the Linux industry, including Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC,  
Novell, Oracle and Red Hat, as well as many community groups, universities  
and industry end users."

- http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/01/22/0733203.shtml

/Klaus




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