Compaq, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel and Sun Join Open Source Development Network 'OSDN' as Technology Partners.Business/High-Tech Editors LinuxWorld Conference & Expo SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2000 The Open Source Development Network (OSDN OSDN Open Source Development Network OSDN Open Source Developer Network ), a newly-created division of VA Linux Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LNUX), today announced that Compaq, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel and Sun have joined as founding members of the OSDN Technology Partner Program. OSDN serves as a new network and community outreach organization. Today it launched a beta site An organization or group that is beta testing hardware and/or software. See beta test. , OSDN.com, which serves as a gateway for collaborative Open Source software development, distribution and discussion. OSDN.com currently provides a message board for community discussions and allows users to create a personalized login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. page displaying content from sites such as Slashdot, SourceForge, Freshmeat.net and Linux.com. The OSDN Technology Partners have agreed to contribute equipment, training and funding for Open Source developers. Their involvement is expected to benefit the 50,000 registered users on SourceForge and the 60,000 registered users on Freshmeat.net, as well as the 3 million visitors to OSDN sites each month. "The support of such an extensive roster of industry leaders demonstrates the growing excitement around the Open Source development model," said Bruce Twickler, president of the OSDN. "Through their contributions, the founding members of the OSDN Technology Partner Program are helping to advance the development of better software, faster." "The growth of the open source community has driven the creation of numerous innovative yet independent web resources," said Victor Krutul, manager of OS Programs, Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . "By simplifying access to many of these resources, the Open Source Development Network will enhance the rapid development processes of Open Source and Linux software. OSDN will help increase the productivity of open source developers, supporting the strong demand for Linux on Intel Architecture based servers." "As HP helps lead the way in meeting diverse computing platform See platform. needs, Open Source development has become an important process in addressing the requirements of our customers and software developers. By joining the OSDN, HP will be able to better serve them through collaborative efforts with the Open Source development community," said Jim Bell Jim Bell is an American political activist who created the idea of arranging for anonymously sponsored assassination payments via the Internet, which he called "assassination politics". , general manager of HP's Open Source and Linux Operation. Within this past year, HP has sponsored several projects to enhance printing and imaging capabilities through Open Source projects; the company has also played a leading role with the Open Source community in developing the Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. for IA-64. "Sun has long recognized the benefits of open collaborative development and is eager to make it easier for developers to support open source applications on the Solaris(TM) Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. ," said Danese Cooper Danese Cooper is an advocate of open-source software. She is on the board of the Open Source Initiative. She came to public attention for her work at Sun Microsystems on promoting open source, and presently works at Intel. Her father named her after his Alfa Romeo. , manager of Sun Microsystems' Open Source Programs Office. About OSDN OSDN (Open Source Development Network), a new division of VA Linux Systems, Inc., is the leading Linux and Open Source destination on the Internet. OSDN is a network and community outreach organization committed to accelerating Open Source software development, which also serves as a gateway for individuals and organizations worldwide to understand and join this revolution. Serving over 80 million page impressions to more than 3 million users each month, OSDN includes the leading Open Source sites for news, information and discussion (Slashdot and Linux.com), the largest sites for collaborative Open Source development and support (SourceForge and QuestionExchange), the most popular sites for software distribution (Freshmeat and Themes.org), online shopping for technical enthusiasts (ThinkGeek), a new print publication (Open magazine), and community discussion forums and personalized content on the beta site for OSDN.com. Certain statements in this press release, including statements about future services, benefits and statistics, and growth in adoption of the Open Source development model, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different from expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, continued demand for services such as those offered by OSDN; continued third-party support for OSDN; the ability of VA Linux to attract and retain qualified personnel to perform software and web development; industry trends related to Open Source and Linux; and other risks detailed in VA Linux's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be accessed through the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. Note: VA Linux Systems and SourceForge are trademarks of VA Linux Systems, Inc. "Open Source Development Network (OSDN)," Slashdot, Freshmeat, QuestionExchange, ThinkGeek are trademarks of VA Linux Systems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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