In order to further enhance competitiveness and press the Microsoft, Linux support recently reached an agreement, and will support standard version of Lin.
UX operating system to ensure that programs written for a version Linux can continue to use on other versions of Linux.
The Linux standardization program is initiated by the non-profit organization of Free Standards Group, and its purpose is to avoid
Differentiation from Linux into several versions that are incompatible with each other. This situation has occurred on UNIX operating systems a few years ago.
At that time, several companies have developed a larger and incompatible UNIX version of each other. Another non-profit organization Linux in
Jon Hall said: "If there is no standard version of Linux operating system
Union, we will inevitably go to the old road of Unix. "
Free Standards Group plans to officially announce the Linux Standard Library 2.0 (Linux Stan) on September 14, Beijing time.
DARD BASE 2.0), most of the Linux manufacturers, including Red Hat, Novell, Red Flag, and TurboLinux
Companies have clearly indicated that this standard is supported, and there are also support for chip manufacturers AMD and Intel and P.
C manufacturer HP, Dell and IBM.
Free Standards Group Executive Director Jim Zemlin believes that the same Microsoft's Windows
For system competition, Linux systems must have a unified standard. The biggest advantage of Linux is that it is an open standard.
Quick, anyone can free access to its source code. However, in recent years, commercial companies headed by Red Hat and Novell
Various features are often added in Linux to make their products and services more attractive to users. In this case
Next, Linux supporters began to worry that future Linux will be different from Different versions like UNIX, weaken in the market.
Competitiveness.
Microsoft has fully realized this potential crisis in Linux, which advertises in the European market, to consumption
Once Linux is different from several different versions, the user may encounter chaos and troubles. Zelin's business in Microsoft
The mind is very appreciated, he said: "Have to admit it, this is a very good advertisement." In Microsoft's advertisement, as
Penguin of Linux logo grows on frog legs and elephants.
In the past, if a vendor joined a special feature for Linux, the manufacturer must be in multiple versions of Linux
Test under the platform to ensure compatibility, this situation will be greatly changed in the future. HP Linux Marketing Some Managers
Jeffrey Wade said: "The launch of new standards will greatly reduce the development cost of the manufacturer, because in the future
Vendors only need to complete testing under Standard Linux. "
Dan Fry, Vice President of IBM Technology Center, believes that Linux system differentiation threats are not imagined
That big, because all changes in Linux are in Lenas Tobaw, known as Linux, Linus Torvaald
Monitoring of s). However, Frei also said: "No matter how, launch a unity for software vendors and users
The standard is very important. "
