[olug] Interesting news on Linux

[David Walker]

It sounded like a good idea at first but apparently they're planning on 
charging for licenses for this animal and RMS has issued a statement about 
it.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/31/1211200&mode=thread&tid=117

On Saturday 01 June 2002 07:43 am, Brian Wiese wrote:
> Yeah, wasup with this? What ever happened to the Linux Standards Base?
> http://www.linuxbase.org/  I thought that was supposed to "unite" all the
> Linuxes... huh
>
>
>
> On Thu, 30 May 2002 10:21:33 -0500http://www.linuxbase.org/
>
> "Trent Melcher" <tmelcher at trilogytel.com> wrote:
> |Linux players bond for business software
> |
> |
> |By Tiffany Kary
> |Staff Writer, CNET News.com
> |May 30, 2002, 7:45 AM PT
> |
> |
> |A group of Linux software companies have banded together to create a
>
> uniform
>
> |version of the operating system for businesses.
> |But Red Hat, which ships about 50 percent of Linux software, isn't part
>
> of
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> |the group, a decision that could undermine its value, said
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> <snip>
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>   Brian Wiese | bwiese at cotse.com | aim: unolinuxguru
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