Editing Open Source Development Labs (section)

==Activities==
OSDL sponsored  projects, including industry initiatives to enhance Linux for use in corporate [[data centre]]s, in telecommunications networks, and on [[desktop computer]]s.  It also:
* provided hardware resources to the [[free software community]] and the [[open source community]]
* tested and reported on open source software
* employed a number of Linux developers.

Its employees included [[Linus Torvalds]], the first OSDL fellow, and [[Bryce Harrington]]. In 2005, [[Andrew Tridgell|Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell]] was the [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119015015/http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/2005/2005_01_17_beaverton.html second OSDL fellow] for a year.

It had data centers in Beaverton (Oregon, United States) and Yokohama (Japan).

OSDL had investment backers that included: 7 funders of [[Computer Associates]], [[Fujitsu]], [[Hitachi, Ltd.]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[IBM]], [[Intel Corporation]], [[Nippon Electric Corporation]], as well as a large collection of [[independent software vendor]]s, end-user companies and educational institutions.  A steering committee composed of representatives from the investment backers directed OSDL, which also had a significant staff of its own.

===Working groups===
OSDL had established five Working Groups since 2002:
* [[Mobile Linux Initiative]]
* Carrier Grade Linux
* [[Data Center Linux]]
* [[Desktop Linux]]
*User Advisory Council