Four Vendors Team Up On Standardized Linux.

This article reports that four small Linux vendors in the U.S. are joining together to create a common code base in an effort to attract more independent software vendors and hardware makers to support their versions of the open source operating system. The four companies are: Conectiva SA, MandrakeSoft SA, Progeny Linux Systems Inc., and Turbolinux Inc. Linux market leaders Red Hat Inc. and Novell Inc. both declined invitations to take part in the joint initiative. And the idea behind the Linux Core Consortium is to help reduce incompatibilities for users and independent software vendors.