Newest member of the Linux Foundation - credativ

Leading European Software Services Firm Joins Linux Foundation

credativ to help represent international community and collaborate on  
Linux Standard Base

SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2009 - The Linux Foundation (LF), the  
nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux,  
today announced that credativ has become the newest member of the  
Linux Foundation.

credativ, an independent consulting and services company focused on  
free software and open standards, will participate in advancing the  
Linux Standard Base (LSB), which establishes common standards across  
the different Linux distributions. Additionally, as one of Europe's  
largest employers of Debian developers, credativ has a particular  
interest in encouraging collaboration focused around Debian development.

"credativ will bring important contributions to the Linux Foundation,"  
said Amanda McPherson, vice president of marketing and developer  
programs at The Linux Foundation. "credativ brings to the membership  
new, on-the-ground experience in Europe where we see some of the most  
progressive approaches to Linux and open standards. We're looking  
forward to working with them."

The Linux developer and user communities are strong in Europe where  
the U.K. government recently announced a 10-point action plan to  
encourage greater use of open source software in the public sector.  
credativ's participation in the Linux Foundation will further  
streamline LSB efforts across geographies.

"We see steady growth in the Linux and open source software market,  
and our customers are looking for services and support that are based  
on common standards," said Dr. Michael Meskes, CEO at credativ.  "Our  
Linux Foundation membership will help us serve the community and our  
customers by advancing efforts related to the Linux Standard Base and  
the desktop."

As a member of the Linux Foundation, credativ will take part in the  
Desktop Linux and LSB workgroups, as well as participate in popular  
Linux Foundation events.


About credativ

credativ is an independent consulting and services company with  
offices in Mönchengladbach, Jülich and München in Germany, Rugby in  
the United Kingdom and Orangeville in Canada. The company specializes  
in designing and implementing professional business solutions using  
Free and Open Source Software. credativ was founded in Germany in  
1999, opened offices in the UK in 2004 and in Canada in 2007. credativ  
has operated the Open Source Support Centre (OSSC) since May 2006,  
offering professional 24/7 Enterprise Support for numerous Open Source  
projects. The group employs 45 people in its offices in the UK,  
Germany and Canada. http://www.credativ.com/


About the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering  
the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors  
the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading  
Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world.  
The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by  
providing unified resources and services needed for open source to  
successfully compete with closed platforms.  For more information,  
please visit www.linux-foundation.org.