OSDL releases Linux Technical Capabilities 1.0

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


OSDL Releases Data Center Linux Technical Capabilities v1.0 

Linux consortium invites participation from industry and developers in
defining requirements for enterprise-class Linux applications


BEAVERTON, Ore. - February 5, 2004 - The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL),
a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux, today
announced the availability of the Data Center Linux (DCL) Technical
Capabilities, version 1.0, a document that defines and prioritizes Linux
capabilities required by demanding enterprise-class applications. 

"OSDL is committed to accelerating Linux use in enterprise-class datacenters
by working with IT vendors, IT managers, and the Linux development community
in an open environment to define what we need to bring Linux into widespread
use in datacenters" said Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL.  "We welcome increased
industry and community participation in using the DCL technical capabilities
document to define future Linux technical requirements." 

The OSDL DCL Technical Capabilities is the work of current OSDL member
companies and interested individuals and defines over 300 prioritized
capabilities.  They are organized into seven categories: scalability,
performance, reliability/availability/scalability (RAS), manageability,
clusters, standards, security, and usability.   Priorities for each
capability were assigned with the help of feedback from industry leaders and
end-users.  

"The OSDL DCL Working Group defined Linux capabilities and assigned
priorities based on what companies need in Linux to support demanding,
enterprise-class applications such as high-end on-line transaction processing
(OLTP) and decision support," said Steve Geary, director of Linux Engineering
at HP and chair of the DCL Working Group.  "We are releasing the capabilities
document to create an open process to solicit feedback on capabilities and
priorities prior to producing a requirements document."  

Working from this list of capabilities, OSDL will create a DCL requirements
document. The goal of the requirements document is to create a public
reference blueprint for Linux distributions, large end users or Linux kernel
developers.

The OSDL DCL Technical Capabilities document is freely available online at
from OSDL at
http://www.osdl.org/.../DCL_ExecSumm_TechCapabilities_1_0.pdf


About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)
OSDL - home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux - is dedicated to
accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 and supported
by a global consortium of Linux customers and IT industry leaders, OSDL is a
non-profit organization that provides Linux expertise and computing and test
facilities in the United States and Japan available to developers around the
world. OSDL members include Alcatel, Cisco, Co-Create, Computer Associates,
Dell, Ericsson, Force Computers, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Linuxcare,
Miracle Linux Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric, MontaVista Software, NEC
Corporation, NEC Soft, Network Appliance, Nokia, Novell, NTT COMWARE, NTT
DATA INTELLILINK, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, SUSE LINUX, TimeSys, Toshiba
Solutions, Transmeta Corporation, Trolltech, Turbolinux, Ulticom, Unilever ,
VA Software and Wind River Systems. Visit OSDL on the Web at www.osdl.org .

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