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Our executive director just returned from India where he spoke at Linux Asia. He also discussed an opening of a testing center with the Indian government, which would be similar to the China testing center we announced in January. Here’s an article discussing the Indian plans here.

You can find our latest column at Enterprise Open Source Journal. Here it is as well.

When Will the Linux Desktop Be Ready for Enterprise Use? At a conference earlier this month, a young Microsoft lawyer asked me, “Does anyone really use Linux?

Great article on Groklaw discussing the definition of “open standards” and how it relates to ODF. This is an important point to understand and discuss as more and more companies (including some monopolies) throw the term “open standard” around in their marketing material.

We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Ian Murdock as our CTO. He was also elected chair of the LSB. You can read more in eWeek and a longer piece here.

Here’s another reminder that the future success of Linux is closely correlated with the number of applications available for it. This Computerworld article talks about the lack of success Linux has achieved in banks. The LSB and the activities of the FSG are here to fix that.

Today the Free Standards Group opened a certification lab in China. The LSB will form the basis of the National Standard in the PRC. This is huge news for the LSB, for China, for international standards and for Linux.

You can read about it in BusinessWeek and on CNET.

The FSG Board of Directors election is over. You can find the results here.

Please consult the election policy if you have questions.

Let’s evaluate the following statement for accuracy. True or False? “[Open Source] severely limits the possibility of proprietary “lock-in

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Free Standards Group, will be presenting this week at Gartner’s Open Source Conference. He will be leading a session on open standards and how they’re a crucial piece of the open source solution for CIOs. The FSG will be presenting this information in a webinar available on our site in 2006.

The initial listing of candidates for the FSG board of directors election has been published. The voting will commence on December 1.