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Wow, Microsoft Must Really Be Threatened

By Amanda McPherson - May 15, 2007 - 9:15am

Monday morning started out well — a continuation of the sunny day we had Sunday, a few hours to concentrate on my actual work — until the phone rang. Microsoft had unleashed a FUD storm with more vague patent threats. While a few articles have been published with Linux Foundation statements, I wanted to elaborate on our public comments so far.

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Updates to LF Collaboration Summit

By Amanda McPherson - May 4, 2007 - 10:19am

We have newly confirmed speakers and many great participants for the first ever LF Summit in June.

Confirmed speakers:

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Announcing the Linux Foundation Developer Travel Fund

By Amanda McPherson - May 2, 2007 - 9:42am

I’m very pleased to announce a new initiative here at the Linux Foundation: the LF Community Travel Fund

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ConsortiumInfo.org on Microsoft

By Amanda McPherson - April 24, 2007 - 7:41am

Noted standards attorney (and LF board member) Andy Updegrove has a very insightful and funny post on the recent Microsoft patent FUD.

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Xandros First to Use New LSB Test Kit

By Amanda McPherson - April 24, 2007 - 7:09am

Our member and distribution partner Xandros is the first to use our new distribution test kit as part of their certification to the LSB. You can read the release here.

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The First Ever Linux Collaboration Summit!

By Amanda McPherson - April 20, 2007 - 9:12am

I am personally very excited about a new initiative we have started at the Linux Foundation. The first ever Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit will take place from June 13 through 15 at the Googleplex in the Bay Area. This unique, invitation-only event will bring together the brightest minds in the Linux ecosystem to discuss where Linux is, where it needs to go and how we can all help get it there. We’re combining LF workgroup meetings, LSB face-to-face meetings, and the advisory councils (user, vendor, developer) to create one uber-conference.

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Jim Zemlin to appear at Ubuntu Live

By Amanda McPherson - April 20, 2007 - 9:07am

Registration is now open for Unubutu live along with a listing of the sessions and tutorials for the conference. Jim Zemlin will be speaking at the conference along with folks like Jon “maddog” Hall, Mitchell Kapor, Mårten Mickos, Jeff Waugh, Bradley Kuhn, Matt Asay, Stephen O’Grady, Jono Bacon, Matt Zimmerman, and Mark Shuttleworth.   Registration can be found at:

http://www.ubuntulive.com/pub/w/60/register.html

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The Genesis of the Linux Foundation

By Amanda McPherson - April 20, 2007 - 9:06am

Enterprise Open Source Magazine recently published an article we wrote on the start of the Linux Foundation. If you’re interested in how we started or what we’re doing around here, I urge you to read it.

My favorite part:

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Thanks, Mark

By Amanda McPherson - March 13, 2007 - 9:18am

Our new board member, Mark Shuttleworth from Ubuntu fame, has a nice post about the Linux Foundation.

I think he’s makes some very correct points on how difficult it can sometimes be to run a consortia. We also really appreciate his kind words, not just because he’s a board member but because he’s an important member of the Linux community, and thus our constiuency.

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