Open Source Development Labs

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| name = Open Source Development Labs

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| type = 501(c)(6) organization

| founded_date = 2000

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| location = San Francisco

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| area_served = Worldwide

| focus = Linux kernel, open source movement

| method = Promotion, protection, and standardization of Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms.

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| dissolved = 2007

| successor = Linux Foundation

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Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) was a non-profit organization supported by a consortium to promote Linux for enterprise computing.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://osdl.org/about_osdl |date=* |title=About OSDL }} - January 20, 2007, version was last one archived prior to the merger. Founded in 2000, OSDL positioned itself as an independent, non-profit lab for developers who are adding enterprise capabilities to Linux.{{cite web |url=http://osdl.org/osdlpress/2000_aug_30_santa_clara.html |title=Industry Leaders Including HP, Intel, IBM AND NEC Forming Open Source Development Lab For Linux |access-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030607050006/http://osdl.org/osdlpress/2000_aug_30_santa_clara.html |archive-date=2003-06-07 }}" The headquarters was first incorporated in San Francisco but later relocated to Beaverton in Oregon with second facility in Yokohama, Japan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.buzzfile.com/business/O-S-D-L-503-626-2455|title=Open Source Development Labs Inc|website=www.buzzfile.com|access-date=2016-10-26}}

On January 22, 2007, OSDL and the Free Standards Group merged to form the Linux Foundation, narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux.{{cite press release

|title=New Linux Foundation Launches – Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group

|publisher=The Linux Foundation

|date=January 22, 2007

|url=http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2007/01/21/new-linux-foundation-launches-%e2%80%93-merger-of-open-source-development-labs-and-free-standards-group/

|access-date=2008-03-26

|quote="Computing is entering a world dominated by two platforms: Linux and Windows."

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702180852/http://www.linux-foundation.org/wordpress/?p=286

|archive-date=2007-07-02

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