Stephen Shankland, editor of CNET's News.com, reports that the first projects of a new jointly funded open source developer lab were scheduled to begin this week. Shankland writes . . .

“The [Open Source Development Lab], announced in August, could enable open-source programmers to get access to high-end hardware, where Linux is still a new arrival. The facility is close to but separate from IBM and Intel operations in Beaverton, OR . . .”

“Two projects are under way at the lab, said Tim Witham, director of the lab: one for getting Linux to work well on servers with as many as 16 CPUs and another for testing the Jabber instant messaging software with more than 64,000 customers exchanging messages. New projects will be added on a first-come, first-served basis, as long as the projects are open source and there's enough computing horsepower to house them, Witham said.”

“The project is the outcome of the peculiar dynamics of the open-source effort, a collaborative effort among thousands of programmers scattered across the world. Some are volunteers and some are paid for their efforts, but the open-source world generally lacks the central planning and funding of traditional proprietary software projects.”

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