BUSINESS
August 30, 2000 | Joseph Menn
Several of the world's biggest computing companies will contribute millions of dollars each to an Oregon lab to spur development of applications using the Linux free operating system on large computers. IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Intel are among the main sponsors of the initiative. IBM and Hewlett-Packard are among the many companies with internal Linux projects, and the big computer firms have also invested in for-profit Linux companies.