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OSDL sponsored key industry projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate Data Centers , in telecommunications networks, and on Desktop Computer s. It also:

Its employees included Linus Torvalds , the first OSDL fellow, and Bryce Harrington. In 2005, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell was the second OSDL fellow for a year.

It had data centers in Beaverton, Oregon , United States and Yokohama , Japan .

OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of Computer Associates , Fujitsu , Hitachi, Ltd. , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Intel Corporation , Nippon Electric Corporation , as well as a large collection of Independent Software Vendor s, end-user companies and educational institutions. A steering committee comprised of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.

OSDL had established 4 Working Groups since 2002:

  • Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI)

  • Carrier Grade Linux (CGL)

  • Data Center Linux (DCL)

  • Desktop Linux (DTL)



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