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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 4, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 31
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Breaking News -
General:
Support For Linux Grows As
Unilever Joins OSDL
The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), a global consortium of leading
technology companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux,
announced that Unilever has joined OSDL.
Unilever is the first member that is not an IT vendor to join OSDL from the
ranks of Global 2000 corporations. The $49 billion consumer products company,
with dual headquarters in London and Rotterdam, announced last January plans
to migrate its information technology systems from Unix to Linux on Intel-
standard hardware in all 80 countries where it operates.
"Unilever is a significant addition to OSDL's membership and is the first
of
many Global 2000 corporations that we expect will be joining us to contribute
in improving Linux," said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL. "We have expanded our
charter to increase our participation in the Linux development community and
with IT vendors, and with Unilever to begin investing in more programs for
corporations to help ensure that Linux meets their requirements and solves
their real-world business problems."
"Unilever's goal is to standardize its IT architecture around Linux and
deliver computer systems worldwide without having to worry about operating
system or hardware compatibility issues," said Colin Hope-Murray, CTO of the
global IT infrastructure group at Unilever. "OSDL gives us a unique venue
where we can work directly with the world's major IT vendors and with the open
source development community on an equal basis to participate in the growth of
Linux."
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