Comment Linux Advisory Council background (Score 1) 43
This thread has pretty much answered some questions raised by Corel's press release announcing our Linux Advisory Council meeting June 14-15, but I'd like to clarify a few points...
Corel's goal in setting up the Council is to bring leading Linux and OSS community members together to discuss our Linux initiatives, the direction of the platform, what needs to be done to strengthen it and promote it, and how to best meet the needs of users. Obviously, we're also interested in getting feedback that will help us develop and market our products more successfully. But the main point of this meeting is to get together a good representative group of Linux and OSS advocates and developers for constructive discussion - people and organizations who have the welfare of Linux at heart, who want to see its continued growth and prosperity.
Part of the meeting agenda is slated for discussion of how commercial Linux development intersects with OSS development. We believe that the development of a broad range of applications and the refinement of the Linux desktop are critical to accelerating its wide-scale adoption as a mainstream OS. And we think that the participation of vendors like Corel and those represented on the Council will help key that effort. But this meeting is foremost an exchange of ideas. While we're going to try to get it right from the start, this will be one of the first meetings of its kind and, realistically, we're not going to cover every issue or community concern in one session. We hope to continue with these Advisory Council meetings in the future, and build on what we share and learn.
ZDNet News (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn) and ZDTV Radio will be hosting an hour-long live webcast interview with Council members and Corel representatives on Tuesday, June 15 starting at 3 p.m. ET. Within the next couple of days, Corel's Linux Users Network community Web site (http://linux.corel.com) will have an e-mail link for advance submission of questions for the panel.
Mark Lipson
Manager, On-line Communications
Corel Corporation
Corel's goal in setting up the Council is to bring leading Linux and OSS community members together to discuss our Linux initiatives, the direction of the platform, what needs to be done to strengthen it and promote it, and how to best meet the needs of users. Obviously, we're also interested in getting feedback that will help us develop and market our products more successfully. But the main point of this meeting is to get together a good representative group of Linux and OSS advocates and developers for constructive discussion - people and organizations who have the welfare of Linux at heart, who want to see its continued growth and prosperity.
Part of the meeting agenda is slated for discussion of how commercial Linux development intersects with OSS development. We believe that the development of a broad range of applications and the refinement of the Linux desktop are critical to accelerating its wide-scale adoption as a mainstream OS. And we think that the participation of vendors like Corel and those represented on the Council will help key that effort. But this meeting is foremost an exchange of ideas. While we're going to try to get it right from the start, this will be one of the first meetings of its kind and, realistically, we're not going to cover every issue or community concern in one session. We hope to continue with these Advisory Council meetings in the future, and build on what we share and learn.
ZDNet News (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn) and ZDTV Radio will be hosting an hour-long live webcast interview with Council members and Corel representatives on Tuesday, June 15 starting at 3 p.m. ET. Within the next couple of days, Corel's Linux Users Network community Web site (http://linux.corel.com) will have an e-mail link for advance submission of questions for the panel.
Mark Lipson
Manager, On-line Communications
Corel Corporation
