Linux lab gets new CEO, new direction
The Open Source Development Lab, devoted to bringing high-end features to Linux, hires Stuart F. Cohen, charged with boosting corporate sponsorship and involvement.
- Shankland covered the tech industry for more than 25 years and was a science writer for five years before that. He has deep expertise in microprocessors, digital photography, computer hardware and software, internet standards, web technology, and more.
OSDL was founded in 2000 to bring high-end features to Linux, such as the ability to take advantage of all the chips in multiprocessor servers. The organization's mission is to improve Linux, a move that would help the operating system stack up better against operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and various versions of Unix.
Cohen most recently was vice president of marketing and business development at embedded computing hardware and software maker Radisys but spent 17 of his 22 years in the computing industry at IBM. He replaced Jerry Greenberg, who will remain on OSDL's board of directors, the organization said.
Among Cohen's goals will be to "dramatically increase the number of sponsors" and attract the world's largest corporations to join OSDL, the organization said in a statement.
Corporate sponsorship costs a minimum of $10,000 per year.
In addition to its own programming work, OSDL has two development centers--located in Beaverton, Ore., and Japan--that outside programmers can use to test their software on high-powered multiprocessor computers.