New open source advocacy group's launch is shrouded in secrecy
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| A new open source advocacy group, the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA),
| is scheduled to debut February 15 at the upcoming LinuxWorld
| OpenSolutions Summit in New York... Linux.com found a Web site called
| OpenSolutionsAlliance.org but saw nothing there beyond a "coming
| soon" note.
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http://community.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/03/1737253
I mentioned this a few days ago, but only now does it begin to materialise.
With other alliance like the ODF Alliance, the Linux Foundation, and the
Mobile Linux Foundation, Linux/OSS is becoming an 800-pound gorilla that is
aimed directly at the giants.
Related:
Open Source Vendors Prep Major Announcement
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| Lookout Oracle. Move over Microsoft.
|
| At least eight small companies are forming an alliance that could stir
| demand for open source applications in the enterprise, The VAR Guy
| has learned.
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http://www.techiqmag.com/the_var_guy/index.php
Cellphone giants unveil mobile Linux foundation
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| Six of the world's largest telecommunications companies have
| officially launched a non-profit organization dedicated to
| creating a common mobile Linux software platform. Founded by
| Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications,
| Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone, the LiMo Foundation is
| inviting membership and participation from application
| and middleware developers.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2923387573.html
Group Formed to Support Linux as Rival to Windows
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| Those same companies have decided that the time has come to consolidate
| their collaborative support into a new group, the Linux Foundation, which
| is being announced today. And the mission of the new organization is help
| Linux, the leading example of the open-source model of software
| development, to compete more effectively against Microsoft, the world?s
| largest software company.
|
| [...]
|
| The work of two other groups -- the Open Source Development Labs and the
| Free Standards Group -- will be folded into the Linux Foundation, and
| those organizations will no longer exist. Mr. Zemlin had been the head
| of the Free Standards Group.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/22/technology/22linux.html
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