The Linux Foundation, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are set to debate the future of operating systems at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in April. Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin will moderate the discussion, which will include Microsoft Senior Director of Platform Strategy Sam Ramji and Ian Murdock, vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun.The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the
use of Linux, is set to debate the future of operating systems with Microsoft
and Sun Microsystems at the upcoming Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit.
Linux Foundation officials have confirmed keynotes and panelists for the Linux
Foundation Collaboration Summit, now in its third year. The summit will take
place April 8 to 10 in San Francisco.
"For the first time, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems
will sit down at one table to debate the future of the respective operating
systems. Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin will moderate the
discussion, which will include Sam Ramji, director of platform strategy, from
Microsoft, and Ian Murdock, vice president of developer and community marketing
at Sun," the Linux Foundation said on its Web site.
The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, sponsored by Intel, is an
invitation-only event featuring some of the key proponents of Linux, including "core
kernel developers, distribution maintainers, ISVs, end users, system vendors
and other community organizations."
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