Free Standards Group Releases Linux Development Platform Specification; New Specification Enables Easy Portability of Development for Linux.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LINUX SHOWCASE [pilcrow (paragraph sign)] ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2000 The Free Standards Group See Linux Foundation. today announced the release of the first version of the Linux Development Platform Specification, LDPS LDPS Linux Development Platform Specification LDPS Lineal Descendants Per Stirpes (legal, estate planning) LDPS Lineal Descendants Per Stirpes (beneficiary designation) LDPS Link Down Power Saving . The LDPS allows portability in application development to all generally available Linux distributions  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. . By using the LDPS, developers
will be able to create and distribute software more quickly across the
spectrum of Linux distributions, including Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. OpenLinux 2.4, Conectiva Linux 5.1, Corel Linux OS Second Edition, Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, Linux-Mandrake 7.0, Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. 6.2, SuSE Linux 6.4, and TurboLinux 6.0. "Standards allowing interoperability and portability are of crucial importance for Linux," said Dan Kusnetzky, vice president of system software research for IDC. "Survey after survey indicate that IT management will feel comfortable adopting Linux only when they feel confident that applications based upon one distribution of Linux will be easily transportable to other Linux platforms." "The LDPS is but the first of many planned specifications that are aimed to help both Open Source developers and companies to port applications to Linux," said Dan Quinlan, president of the Free Standards Group. "Having a single development reference to work from will greatly simplify the process of building Linux based applications." "I'm increasingly worried about fragmentation in the Linux market and the growing incompatibilities between distributions," said Gerald Pfeifer, GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). steering committee member. "The LDPS is a welcome initiative to create a common platform for distributors, application vendors, and users." Members of the Free Standards Group's list of supporters include: Atipa Linux Solutions Caldera Systems Corel Corporation The Debian Project Delix Computer Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. IBM Linuxcare Linux for Power PC LinuxMall.com Linux Professional Institute MandrakeSoft Metro Link The Open Group Red Hat, Inc. SAP AG SCO SGI Software in the Public Interest, Inc. Sun Microsystems SuSE Linux AG TurboLinux VA Linux Systems The LDPS is located at: http://www.freestandards.org/ldps/ About the Free Standards Group The Free Standards Group a non-profit corporation organized to accelerate the use and acceptance of Open Source technologies through the application, development and promotion of standards. Free Standards group projects include the LSB (Linux Standard Base) A standard interface (ABI) for Linux from the Linux Foundation (www.linux-foundation.org). Introduced in 2001 by the Free Standards Group, which later became the Linux Foundation, applications based on the LSB standard will run properly under -- Linux Standards Base, www.linuxbase.org, Li18nux -- Linux Internationalization The support for monetary values, time and date for countries around the world. It also embraces the use of native characters and symbols in the different alphabets. See localization, i18n, Unicode and IDN. internationalization - internationalisation Initiative, www.li19nux.net, and LDPS -- Linux Development Platform Specification, www.freestandards.org/ldps. For more information on the Free Standards Group, visit www.freestandards.org. Note: Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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