Linux Creator Joins Development Lab
From Associated Press
The creator of the Linux operating system is joining a global development group to focus on improving the open-source software.
Linus Torvalds said he is taking a leave from his research job at chip maker Transmeta Corp.
He will become the first fellow at the Beaverton, Ore.-based Open Source Development Lab, which is funded by high-tech companies to, among other things, enhance Linux for corporate data centers. At the lab, he will focus on the next major revision of the Linux core, or kernel.
Torvalds created Linux in 1991 when he was a university student in Finland. He freely distributed the software, requiring that improvements also be open and freely distributed.
From Associated Press
