The Free Standards Group Strengthens Linux Standardization Activities in Asia
1 January 1970 The Free Standards Group (FSG), a nonprofitorganization, today announced it is strengthening its activities in Asia.
In order to prevent the fragmentation of Linux, FSG is developing andpromoting open source software standards including the Linux Standard Base(LSB), and Openi18N, the internationalization standard for Linux. FSG isstrengthening its activities in Asia by standardizing the handling of Asiancharacters and establishing the Chinese Linux certification laboratory withthe Chinese government.
In line with expanding FSG activities to prevent Linux fragmentation inAsia, Japanese IT vendors including Fujitsu Limited have joined the FSG assponsors. They will work to solve issues with Linux in Asia as well asoffer their perspective on platform issues relating to Linux to the FSG.Other IT vendors already members of the FSG include HP, IBM, INTEL, andDell. Masahiro Date, General Manager, Partner Alliances, Fujitsu Limited,was elected to the FSG board of directors last December.
FSG Executive Director Jim Zemlin will be kicking off these expandedactivities in a keynote at LinuxWorld Tokyo on Thursday, June 1 at 10:10a.m., where he will discuss the role of Linux in the Asian market and thenecessity for leading hardware and software vendors to unite to prevent thefragmentation of Linux.
"Japanese vendors including Fujitsu joining the FSG is a great milestonefor the organization," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the FreeStandards Group. "We look forward to working closely with them andrepresenting their interests in our Linux open standards projects."
"We believe the Free Standards Group and the Linux Standard Base are veryimportant to growing the Linux market," said Masatoshi Yoshida, GeneralManager, Linux Software Development Division, Fujitsu Limited. "The LinuxStandard Base will make it easier and more stable for ISVs to support Linuxand their customers. FSG is the key organization in that space and we arehappy to join FSG and lend our support to FSG."
About the Free Standards Group
The Free Standards Group is an independent not-for-profit organization thatdevelops and promotes open source standards. Key Free Standards Groupprojects include the Linux Standard Base (LSB), OpenI18N, OpenPrinting andthe FSG Accessibility Workgroup. Supported by leaders in the IT industry aswell as the open source development community, the Free Standards Groupfulfills a critical need to establish and promote open standards uniquelydesigned for open source. More information on the Free Standards Group isavailable at www.freestandards.org.
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