November 2005

The initial listing of candidates for the FSG board of directors election has been published. The voting will commence on December 1.

Popularity: 4% [?]

The initial listing of candidates for the FSG board of directors election has been published. The voting will commence on December 1.

Popularity: 6% [?]

The Free Standards Group will be having a board election later this year. For those who are interested, the election policy can be found here.

Popularity: 4% [?]

The Free Standards Group will be having a board election later this year. For those who are interested, the election policy can be found here.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Here is the latest on the State of Massachusets battle with Microsoft over open standards. This could be rectified quickly. All Microsoft has to do is comply with the Open Document standard format.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Here is the latest on the State of Massachusets battle with Microsoft over open standards. This could be rectified quickly. All Microsoft has to do is comply with the Open Document standard format.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the FSG, will be speaking at the upcoming CA World in Las Vegas.

Monday, November 14, 2005: 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

“Red Hat, SuSE and LSB: Linux Distro Update Panel”

Popularity: 4% [?]

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the FSG, will be speaking at the upcoming CA World in Las Vegas.

Monday, November 14, 2005: 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

“Red Hat, SuSE and LSB: Linux Distro Update Panel”

Popularity: 6% [?]

Yesterday the Free Standards Group announced that the LSB has achieved approval as an official international standard. You can read the press release here. This is a huge achievement for the LSB and the Linux operating system. As the release states:

ISO approval shows the world that Linux is a serious, mainstream operating system, a serious companion to POSIX systems. It provides a benchmark between procurement and vendor, preserving healthy competition without allowing fragmentation of the market. Standards have been shown to contribute more to economic growth than patents and licenses combined, and the LSB will open the door to Linux as a requirement in large scale (e.g. Government) procurements. The approval of the LSB also makes it easier for individuals, companies and governments to concentrate their efforts on one unified program.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Yesterday the Free Standards Group announced that the LSB has achieved approval as an official international standard. You can read the press release here. This is a huge achievement for the LSB and the Linux operating system. As the release states:

ISO approval shows the world that Linux is a serious, mainstream operating system, a serious companion to POSIX systems. It provides a benchmark between procurement and vendor, preserving healthy competition without allowing fragmentation of the market. Standards have been shown to contribute more to economic growth than patents and licenses combined, and the LSB will open the door to Linux as a requirement in large scale (e.g. Government) procurements. The approval of the LSB also makes it easier for individuals, companies and governments to concentrate their efforts on one unified program.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Eben Moglen, open source legal expert, says standards are very much in the news in this article in eWeek.

Asked how much support there was for open standards in the business community, Moglen said the open standards idea has enormous vigor in it at the moment.

“I think when you see the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires an OpenDocument format, you know that there is an enormous parade that is going to form up behind the first really large public user with the gumption to demand that,” he said.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Eben Moglen, open source legal expert, says standards are very much in the news in this article in eWeek.

Asked how much support there was for open standards in the business community, Moglen said the open standards idea has enormous vigor in it at the moment.

“I think when you see the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires an OpenDocument format, you know that there is an enormous parade that is going to form up behind the first really large public user with the gumption to demand that,” he said.

Popularity: 6% [?]