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Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) was a non-profit organization supported by a consortium to promote Linux for enterprise computing.cite-ref-1[1] Founded in 2000, OSDL positioned itself as an independent, non-profit lab for developers who are adding enterprise capabilities to Linux.cite-ref-2[2] The headquarters was first incorporated in San Francisco but later relocated to Beaverton in Oregon with second facility in Yokohama, Japan.cite-ref-3[3]

On January 22, 2007, OSDL and the Free Standards Group merged to form the Linux Foundation, narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux.cite-ref-4[4]

• Activities

• Working groups

• See also

• References

OSDL sponsored projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate data centres, in telecommunications networks, and on desktop computers. It also:

• provided hardware resources to the free software community and the open source community

• tested and reported on open source software

• employed a number of Linux developers.

Its employees included Linus Torvalds, the first OSDL fellow, and Bryce Harrington. In 2005, Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell was the second OSDL fellow for a year.

It had data centers in Beaverton (Oregon, United States) and Yokohama (Japan).

OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of Computer Associates, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Ltd., Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel Corporation, Nippon Electric Corporation, as well as a large collection of independent software vendors, end-user companies and educational institutions. A steering committee composed of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.

OSDL had established five Working Groups since 2002:

• Mobile Linux Initiative

• Carrier Grade Linux

• Data Center Linux

• Desktop Linux

• User Advisory Council

• Patent Commons, a project launched in November 2005 by the OSDL

cite-note-11. ↑ About OSDL at the Wayback Machine (archive index) - January 20, 2007, version was last one archived prior to the merger.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Industry Leaders Including HP, Intel, IBM AND NEC Forming Open Source Development Lab For Linux". Archived from the original on 2003-06-07. Retrieved 2017-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)"

cite-note-33. ↑ "Open Source Development Labs Inc". www.buzzfile.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

cite-note-44. ↑ "New Linux Foundation Launches – Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group" (Press release). The Linux Foundation. January 22, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2008-03-26. Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows.