There's been some coverage of a new 3.1 release from the good people at the Linux Standard Base (LSV). I've written in the past about how the LSB is a crucial convergent force within the diverse Linux community.
"The Linux Standard Base makes things better all around for RealNetworks," said Jeff Ayars, Vice President, BPS Technology, RealNetworks. "As an ISV it improves the reliability of our product by giving us a consistent platform to write to and test against, and as a service provider that manages and maintains hundreds of Linux systems, it provides us a more consistent system to administer and increases the pool of talented administrators for us to choose from."
"Novell has been a long-time, active supporter of the Linux Standard Base," said Markus Rex, CTO of Open Platform Solutions for Novell. "The launch of this specification is an important step for Linux on the desktop. Standards like LSB are essential if ISVs are to target the Linux desktop. At Novell, we think the desktop market is extremely strategic, and we will continue to invest in driving desktop innovation and desktop standards."
"We are pleased to support the Linux Standard Base," said Paul Gampe, senior director of engineering at Red Hat. "Open standards enable open source software and are an important part of our open promise to our customers. We will work together with the Linux community to continually improve and support the Linux Standard Base."
"LSB-compliance is very important for Ubuntu," said Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu founder and chief developer. "We believe that Linux offers the world freedom of choice, freedom to innovate and freedom to localize. The Linux Standard Base is a crucial enabler of those freedoms, creating confidence in the standardization of the core platform while still preserving the ability of the platform to evolve and improve."
