Cooperative open-source test bed opens doors

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Author: JT Smith

Here’s CNET’s take on the Open Source development lab. CNET says about the only two companies missing from the project are Sun and Microsoft. Here’s a thought-provoking excerpt: “Getting open-source programmers and companies with new hardware to cooperate can be difficult. For example, when a company develops a new digital camera, it’s obvious that it should approach Microsoft to make sure the camera works with Windows, but it takes some digging to find out who, if anyone, can make sure it’ll work with Linux as well.”

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  • Open Source