In this month's Linux Foundation newsletter:
* Get One, Give One Shares Benefits of LF Membership
* 4th Annual Collaboration Summit Approaches
* More Japan Linux Symposium Videos Available
* LinuxCon 2010 Dates, Location Set
* Linux Foundation in the News
* From the Foundation: Browser Shares Reveal True Benefits of Open Source
==> Get One, Give One Shares Benefits of LF Membership <==
Thanks to a new Linux Foundation program, if you sign up for an individual membership, the Linux Foundation will donate a free one-year student membership either to a student you know or students who are seeking a sponsored membership.
Here's how the new program works: for every new individual member who joins the Linux Foundation before January 31, 2010, the Linux Foundation will give a free membership to a student for one year. Students who are interested in obtaining a sponsored membership can sign up on a waiting list at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/individual/student-waiting-list and will be sponsored on a first-come, first-serve basis.
When they join the Linux Foundation, new individual members can elect to either sponsor a student on the waiting list or can request the membership be given to a friend or family member. To sponsor a specific student, new members should list the student's name and email address in the order comments on the checkout page.
Any student, whether specified or on the waiting list, will be required to show proof of student status in the form of a valid student ID.
Members have access to exclusive benefits, including a Linux.com email address (ex: joe@xxxxxxxxx ); a Linux Foundation t-shirt; employee purchase pricing at Dell, HP, and Lenovo with savings up to 40% on purchases of hardware and accessories; 35% off O’Reilly books and e-books; a variety of deep discounts to attend events or subscribe to industry publications; and the ability to run for a Linux Foundation board seat, among others.
Visit the Individual Membership page at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/join/individual to learn about all of the great benefits you receive with Individual Membership and to become an Linux Foundation member.
==> 4th Annual Collaboration Summit Approaches <==
The 4th Annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is on track for April 14-16, 2010, at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco, CA. Japantown will be the location again in 2010 for the Summit, an invitation-only event that will gather core kernel developers, distribution maintainers, ISVs, end users, system vendors and other community organizations to meet face-to-face to tackle and solve the most pressing issues facing Linux today.
If you want to be a part of this event, request an invite at http://events.linuxfoundation.org/component/registrationpro/?func=details&did=26.
Registration is limited so please submit your invitation request to the Collab Summit today.
==> More Japan Linux Symposium Videos Available <==
The Japan Linux Symposium was well attended in Tokyo in October, but if you couldn't make it to the event, you still have a chance to watch key sessions of the Symposium at the Linux Foundation Video site.
Linux Foundation staffers are still posting videos of keynote sessions, now with English captions, and attendees of the Symposium are publishing their own videos of the technical sessions as well.
To see all of the videos, visit the Video site at http://video.linuxfoundation.org/categories/conferences-symposiums/2009-japan-linux-symposium.
==> LinuxCon 2010 Dates, Location Set <==
The enormous success of LinuxCon in 2009 demonstrated a real need for a professional, educational event in the Linux community that allowed users of all levels and interests to come together and plan the future of Linux.
LinuxCon 2010 will take place August 10-12, 2010 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront in Boston, MA. The 2010 location taps into the vast amount of open source talent and business acumen found on the East Coast, and in the Boston area in particular.
For more information on the next LinuxCon, visit http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon.
==> Linux Foundation in the News <==
CNET News: Zemlin: 'Industry transformation depends on Linux' (Q&A)
The closest thing to a CEO in Linux land is Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. While Zemlin doesn't steer the Linux ship, he does a great deal to corral its competing interests--vendors, developers, customers--to guide Linux to the impressive market position it holds today. I caught up with Zemlin late last week to get a pulse on the state of Linux in the market. As ever, Zemlin didn't disappoint.
Alibaba.com: Why The Crunchpad Didn't Pencil Out
Set aside the particulars of the Crunchpad drama for a moment and talk to Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. Software is already free. Chipmakers such as Intel have teams of hundreds of engineers building sophisticated software for consumer electronics around the Linux operating system, Zemlin says. Hardware, meanwhile, is only getting cheaper. The materials bill for a decent laptop is now as little as $150, he explains.
PC World: Microsoft and Rivals Trash Talk Google Chrome OS
Other rivals said they welcomed Chrome OS. Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation, said, "What's good for Chrome is good for Moblin, and what's good for Moblin is good for Chrome."
OSNews: Nobel Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds?
Now this is one to ponder. This year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to Barack Obama, president of the United States. The prize has been given to both politicians and non-politicians alike, and Keith Lofstrom thinks its time to hand over the Peace Prize to a non-politician once more: Linus Torvalds.
ZDNet Asia: Developers Get Beta SDK for Atom
Intel [has] launched a test version of its software developer kit (SDK) for the Atom Developer Program, part of the company's plan to sell Atom software on behalf of developers via a network of application stores.
==> From the Foundation: Browser Shares Reveal True Benefits of Open Source <==
Open source browsers are at a third of the market share, and with the newcomer Chrome on the scene, we can only expect this open source share to increase in the coming months.
There are three positives that come out of data like this. First, there's the obvious argument against open-source naysayers: there are very few arguments one would have against the success of open source as a general concept when looking at the popularity of open source browsers.
Second, there's the nice fact that nearly all of these browsers provide a nice set of Linux applications for people to try. Firefox, Opera, and Konqueror are great Linux browsers already, and the Chromium development version of Chrome works pretty well on Linux for now.
But I believe the most important takeaway from this data is that we have finally reached a tipping point for open standards across the entire web.
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