Canonical Joins The Linux Foundation

On Monday the 18th of August 2008, The Linux Foundation announced, that Canonical (the commercial sponsor behind one of the most popular Linux Distributions – Ubuntu) has joined the Foundation.

“The Linux Foundation occupies a critical, non-commercial function in the use and popularization of Linux around the world. We’ve always seen the Linux Foundation’s value and are pleased to now become an official member and support its activities. We look forward to working with them to continue the march of Linux in all areas of computing,” said Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu program manager and CTO, Canonical.

Read the official announcement by The Linux Foundation

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