Novell joins OSDL, takes leadership role
Dec 10, 2003 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — viewsNovell has joined the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and will contribute to the Data Center Linux (DCL) and other working groups. Novell's VP, Office of the CTO, Jeffrey T. Hawkins has been elected to OSDL's board of directors. Additionally, Novell's pending acquisition SuSE, a
The OSDL is a global consortium of customers and leading technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux. It employs Linux creator Linus Torvalds and stable kernel maintainer Andrew Morton. It offers software testing and other open source community services aimed at enabling Linux to scale the enterprise. It recently launched a campaign to inform the community about its role.
Novell's 20 years experience as a global business computing products and service organization brings the OSDL and the DCL working group one of their largest and most influential members yet.
The DCL working group is focused on the business-hardening of Linux for use in the Data Center.
Novell will participate in “a number of OSDL initiatives” in addition to the DCL working group, it says. In particular, Novell joins a growing number of OSDL members interested in creating a working group initiative for Linux on the desktop, according to the OSDL.
Novell has quickly seized a leadership role in offering Linux-based solutions to its customers around the world. Last month, Novell announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire SuSE Linux, one of the world's leading enterprise Linux companies, expanding Novell's ability to provide enterprise-class services and support on the Linux platform.
Chris Stone, Novell vice chairman – Office of the CEO, said, “Novell aims to take a leadership role in helping the industry overcome the many challenges that still exist to help Linux fulfill its promise as an end-to-end enterprise computing platform.”
Stuart Cohen, OSDL CEO, said, “We expect Novell to be a significant contributor to virtually all of our industry initiatives, as well as to the overall mission of the Lab.”
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