Linux news site LinuxandMain.com broke the news today that Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE, and TurboLinux are planning a joint announcement on Thursday morning. The ground breaking communique from the distributions is quoted as saying “On May 30, join the CEOs of Caldera, Conectiva, SuSE, Turbolinux and several major industry partners for an announcement that will shape Linux in the enterprise and around the globe. Please book 8 am Pacific time in your calendar for this global announcement … followed by media-only teleconference information.”.
After the initial news summary, LaM posted an update with information from within a reliable source at the companies. According to this insider, “[the] Linux distributors will announce Thursday that they will pool their resources to produce a common, LSB-compliant distribution in hope of blunting the Red Hat onslaught.”
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