The Open Source Development Labs will combine with the Free Standards Group to form a new Linux Foundation to streamline operations and represent Linux versus its challengers with one voice. Jim Zemlin,
executive director of the new foundation said:
the foundation will continue to supply the Linux Standard Base, an agreed upon set of system functionality that is supported by major Linux distributions. Keeping the Linux core functionality following a standard allows developers to produce applications that will run with different versions of Linux without modifications. The foundation will also provide the Linux Developer Network, which provides information and specifications on the services and interfaces that work with Linux.