AUSTIN, TX–( EMWNews – April 8, 2008) – The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit

organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today will kick

off its annual Collaboration Summit. The brightest minds in the Linux

server, desktop and mobile communities, among others, will gather at the UT

Super Computing Center in Austin, Texas to determine how to advance the

operating system in the year ahead.

Keynotes and panels will address some of the following topics:

--  What are the technology trends and the economics driving the Linux

    desktop in new low cost PC's? Find out directly from AMD, Asus, Dell,

    Everex, HP, Intel, Lenovo, TI, and more.

    

--  What is the "M" commitment to the "L" in LAMP after the Sun

    acquisition of MySQL? Find out from Marten Mikos, SVP, Database Group, Sun

    Microsystems.

    

--  When am I going to get my hands on a Linux phone? Find out from

    Google's OHA, the LiMo Foundation, OpenMoko, and others. This is the first

    time Google's OHA and the LiMo Foundation are sharing a stage.

    

--  Where is Red Hat headed? Find out from the CTO of Red Hat Brian

    Stephens.

    

Also at the Summit today, IDC Vice President of Research, Al Gillen, will

present a new IDC White Paper titled “The Role of Linux Servers in

Commercial Workloads.” The white paper, sponsored by The Linux Foundation,

outlines the state of the Linux server market and considers the increasing

shift in Linux deployments from infrastructure-oriented workloads to

mainstream business-oriented workloads. It predicts significant growth and

strong long-term prospects, with the overall Linux ecosystem spend

increasing from $21 billion in 2007 to nearly $50 billion in 2011.

The IDC paper can be downloaded at: http://www.linux-foundation.org/publications/IDC_Workloads.pdf.

“The Linux market is expanding, just as the workloads for Linux deployments

are expanding. We will work with the community and industry over the next

three days and into the rest of the year on how to fuel this growth,” said

Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation.

Other keynotes and panels to be delivered today will come from Linux kernel

developers and representatives at Dell, HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Oracle,

Red Hat, and Via Technology, among others.

The Summit is heralded as the only place where Linux community developers,

distribution and system vendors, ISVs, and end users meet face-to-face and

collaborate. While there are a variety of industry and developer

conferences, the LF Collaboration Summit is the only one to bridge the

worlds of community and industry, while allowing end users to access and

influence these two important groups. It is designed to accelerate

collaboration and problem solving in the Linux community by bringing key

stakeholders together in a neutral setting.

About the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the

growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of

Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open

source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation

promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources

and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed

platforms. For more information, please visit www.linux-foundation.org.

Trademarks: The Linux Foundation and Linux Standard Base are trademarks of

The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party

marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.