-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 <quote> First OSDL Fellow Will Devote Himself Exclusively to Linux Development BEAVERTON, OR, and SANTA CLARA, CA, June 17, 2003 -- OSDL, a non-profit, global consortium of leading technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, and Transmeta Corporation, the leader in efficient computing, today announced that Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, will join OSDL as the first OSDL Fellow. As an OSDL fellow, Linus will work exclusively on leading the development of Linux, the open source software that he created in 1991 as a university student in Finland. Torvalds will dedicate himself now full-time to guiding a distributed team of thousands of Linux developers around the world. At OSDL, he will have hands-on access to its state-of-the-art computing resources and test facility. He will also help set priorities and direction for the Lab's different industry initiatives. "It feels a bit strange to finally officially work on what I've been doing for the last twelve years, but with the upcoming 2.6.x release it makes sense to be able to concentrate fully on Linux," Torvalds said. "OSDL is the perfect setting for vendor-independent and neutral Linux development." <end quote> http://www.osdl.org/osdlpress/2003_jun_17_beaverton.html I think Linus has decided to make a show that Linux has no intentions of slowing down - regardless of the outcome of the SCO incident. Cheers, Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+726wiqnGhdjCOJsRAtstAJ0RN/dTJH92bjvadOJAdLm0Qtjz1ACcDwsW rNhwSq1pxskjSxMi8+G47+g= =W5Cc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----