[KLUG Members] Organization forms to promote Linux desktops

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Hmmmmm...  I think I can't find my red hat...

RedHat does have a partnership with Ximian, who is a member.  And, well, RedHat
doesn't need the DLC - they actually made monet recently, and they're in bed
with IBM.

Most interesting is the absence of the GNOME foundation and IBM.  

A huge collection of people without any money, are, well, a huge collection of
people without any money.  A brutal assesment perhaps,  but we will see what
comes of the DLC - I'll put my money on "squat".

>> This came in today's NWFusion Newsletter
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>>To help spur the adoption of Linux on desktops, several 
>>companies and vendor-neutral open source concerns recently 
>>banded together to form the Desktop Linux Consortium, or DLC.
>>The Consortium will be incorporated as a nonprofit association 
>>with the goal of increasing awareness of Linux as a desktop 
>>operating system through tradeshows, conferences and industry 
>>events.
>>Vendors and organizations involved in the DLC include: ArkLinux, 
>>CodeWeavers, Debian.org, DesktopLinux.com, KDE, Linux 
>>Professional Institute (LPI), Lycoris, The Linux Terminal Server 
>>Project (LTSP), MandrakeSoft, NeTraverse, OpenOffice.org, 
>>Questnet (Support4Linux.com), Samba.org, theKompany, SuSE, 
>>TransGaming Technologies, TrustCommerce, Xandros, and Ximian.
>></snip>