From The Linux Foundation

Priorities based on 27 September call for the VAC are

1. "Green Linux" (server and client) (6 votes)
2. "Virtualization" (server, desktop, embedded/mobile) (6 votes)
3. Device Driver Support (VAC_Top_10-ks) (3 votes)
4. LSB - ISV compliance with the ISV, registration, ISV Support (3 votes)
5. Competitiveness, e.g. Sun/Solaris competitive response on scalability, filesystems, etc. (2 votes)
6. Carrier Grade Linux
7. Scalability/RAS/Kernel Debugging
8. Open Document Format
9. Audio/Multimedia

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Virtualization details

• Server - multiple clients/images per system
• Embedded/mobile (need more detail here)
• Desktop - multiple client OS's in parallel, virtualized appliances
• Linux should run on any virtualization platform
• Any version of Linux should be a dom0 or domU (Xen context)
• Common management APIs across various solutions (hide the underlying technology)
• Scalability
• Performance of guests

Previous priorities from an 05 April 2007 call

Note: These are clearly more vague and may be subsumed by the above list. Leaving them here for hte moment for review. --gerrit

• Enterprise Capabilities (needs more definition)
• Solaris competitiveness (needs more definition)
• Virtualization (needs more definition)
• Embedded competitveness (needs more definition)
• Device Driver support (needs more definition)

Please add to the list or provide clarifications!