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, narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux.

Activities

OSDL sponsored projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate data centres, in telecommunications networks, and on

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s. It also: * provided hardware resources to the free software community and the open source community * tested and reported on open source software * employed a number of Linux developers. Its employees included Linus Torvalds, the first OSDL fellow, and

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. In 2005, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell was th
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,

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, Hitachi, Ltd.,

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, IBM,

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, Nippon Electric Corporation, as well as a large collection of independent software vendors, end-user companies and educational institutions. A steering committee composed of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.

Working groups

OSDL had established five Working Groups since 2002: *

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* Carrier Grade Linux *

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*User Advisory Council

References

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