| Linux vendors move to standard platform [ZDNet] |
May 30, 2002
[Updated May 30, 2002] by Matthew Broersma; ZDNet (UK) . . .
"Four Linux distributors -- Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux and Conectiva -- are to back a standard software distribution, as a way of encouraging application development and battling the dominant position of Red Hat."
"Several Linux vendors have moved to standardize their customized operating environments on a single platform, the companies announced on Thursday."
"As reported earlier by ZDNet UK, US companies Caldera International and Turbolinux, Germany's SuSE Linux and Brazil's Conectiva said that by the end of this year they will shift their product lines to focus on a uniform Linux distribution called UnitedLinux. The move addresses concerns about the large number of Linux distributions, each of which must be taken into account by software developers . . ."
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