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Groups merge to create Linux Foundation

Groups merge to create Linux Foundation

The Open Source Developer Labs and the Free Standards Group, two groups trying to standardise and steer Linux, have merged... Read more

22 January, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

LinuxWorld: Bridging Linux language barriers

...effort to ensure that different versions of Linux will work similarly. The Free Standards Group released version 1.1 of the Linux Standard Base (LSB... Read more

1 February, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

...formed by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group — will head up the Interoperability Lab and take the job... Read more

11 June, 2007 by Richard Thurston

China signs up for Linux standards

The Free Standards Group, a non-profit group promoting Linux standards, said that a... Read more

17 January, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

CA throws its weight behind Linux standard

...the largest name of three companies who signed their names to the Free Standards Group's (FSG) membership roll this week, the others being Japanese... Read more

23 September, 2005 by Renai LeMay

Linux standard improves C++ support

...the first time supported by all major Linux distributions, according to the Free Standards Group (FSG), which develops and maintains LSB. Red Hat, Novell and... Read more

20 September, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linux standard gets stamp of approval

...to back up the project's claims. The programme, announced by the Free Standards Group, is the latest effort by the largest Linux vendors to... Read more

2 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Linux standard eases programming

...Linux software by guaranteeing that different versions of Linux work similarly. The Free Standards Group released version 1.0 of the Linux Standard Base specification... Read more

3 July, 2001 by Stephen Shankland

Linux Foundation tackles power concerns

...year by a merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group. Last week the Foundation held a "collaboration summit" at Google... Read more

19 June, 2007 by David Meyer

Linux standards base widens

...Hat are all backing the new Linux standards effort led by the Free Standards Group. The non-profit organisation plans to marshal its resources to... Read more

18 October, 2005 by Alorie Gilbert

Linux standard gets powerful support

The Free Standards Group (FSG), an organisation which promotes open-source standards, announced on... Read more

13 September, 2004 by Ingrid Marson
Linux crashes the mobile party

Linux crashes the mobile party

...body, the Open Source Development Labs, which has since merged with the Free Standards Group and is now called the Linux Foundation. Rather than duplicate... Read more

25 September, 2007 by David Meyer

Legal summits to tackle Linux

...2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group. It sponsors the work of Linus Torvalds and counts companies... Read more

12 September, 2007 by Chris Duckett

Linux Standards Base wins more support

...of standards that is meant to improve compatibility between Linux distributions. The Free Standards Group said on Monday that more than a dozen additional companies... Read more

22 March, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Linux: The forking fight-back

...take part. But the real test will come this year, acknowledges the Free Standards Group (FSG), the organisation behind the LSB. Now that the operating... Read more

4 February, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

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