| Open Country joins OSDL with desktop Linux focus |
Jun. 15, 2005
Open Source Development Labs, "a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise," and employer of Linux kernel maintainers Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton, welcomed Open Country as a member this week. The systems management software maker will initially participate in OSDL's Desktop Linux working group.
The hope is that Open Country's expertise with providing cost-cutting systems management solutions -- to such industry titans as Cisco and Intel -- will add weight to assertions that Linux can meaningfully reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
"There is a misperception that the TCO for Linux is higher than that of alternative systems," commented chief operating officer and co-founder of Open Country, Laurent Gharda. "By joining OSDL and its DTL working group, Open Country will further help eliminate this erroneous assumption by raising awareness and sharing knowledge about the manageability and reduced costs involved in deploying Linux on the enterprise desktop."
Open Country says it will initially participate in OSDL's Desktop Linux (DTL) working group, an area of Linux that OSDL identified as a slow-growing niche requiring particular attention last February. The DTL working group aims to "identify and remove barriers" blockading the adoption of desktop Linux at the enterprise level. The group has identified five separate usage models (basic office, transactional worker, technical workstation, fixed function, and general purpose), which each present their own challenges.
"Open Country is a valuable addition to OSDL's membership," said OSDL CEO Stuart Cohen. "We look forward to Open Country bringing their experience in factoring TCO for a variety of business models to OSDL's Desktop Linux Working Group."
To learn more about Open Country and OSDL's strategy to promote desktop Linux in enterprise, visit OSDL's website.
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