A lab of one’s own

Upside.com follows up on the announcement Wednesday that four technology companies are partnering to open a Linux lab: “Face it. If you work with Linux, and IBM (IBM) hasn’t tried to partner up with you yet, you’re just not working hard enough. Take Wednesday’s four-way announcement involving IBM, Hewlett-Packard (HWP), NEC Corp. and Intel (INTC), in which each company pledged support and resources for the creation of a new, nonprofit Open Source Development Lab.”