Announcements

Linux Foundation Appoints Director of Taiwan Operations

Taiwan-based Alex Lu will bring together consumer device makers and Linux developers to advance the platform for next-generation computing

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2010 — The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it has appointed Alex Lu as its new Director of Taiwan Operations. Lu will use his experience working with consumer device makers in Taiwan to advance collaboration on strategic mobile initiative such as MeeGo.

Managed Hosting Provider ServInt Joins Linux Foundation

Pioneer in web hosting joins Linux Foundation to advance virtualization technologies that deliver “greener” IT

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2010 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that managed hosting provider ServInt is its newest member.

ServInt is joining The Linux Foundation to take advantage of exclusive networking events and online and face-to-face workgroup collaboration on Virtualization and Green Linux.

Long-Time Open Source Contributor Collabora Joins Linux Foundation

Collabora’s team of open source development veterans will contribute to MeeGo project

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2010 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Collabora Ltd., has become a member and will participate in the MeeGo project (http://www.meego.com).

Acer
“Acer was an enthusiastic adopter of Moblin and we’re excited about Moblin’s evolution into the MeeGo software platform,” said Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president and president of IT Products Global Operations at Acer. “We’re looking forward to ecosystem innovation that will be enabled by the open nature of MeeGo*.”