SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- 05/22/08 --
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit
organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced
that it is opening an office in Seoul, Korea. Kwangjei "Daniel" Cho,
former senior director of Haansoft, Inc., will be the Linux Foundation
director of Korea.
"Daniel Cho has been contributing to Korea's Linux and open source market
in a variety of areas, including his work with some of the most popular
Linux distributions in Asia while an executive at Asianux," said Jim
Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. "Daniel also worked
for Samsung SDS America and has vast experience in helping push Linux
adoption in Korea to the next level. We are excited to have him join the
Linux Foundation team."
"Linux has been functioning as a vital piece of software in a wide range of
areas in the Korean IT industry, including multi-function servers, of
course, plus other areas like television, mobile phones, set-top boxes and
more," said Kwangjei "Daniel" Cho, The Linux Foundation director of Korea.
"The Linux Foundation can play a key role in Korea in expanding Linux and
open source software deeper into many different areas of the Korean
industry."
The LF's Korean members include the Electronics and Telecommunications
Research Institute (ETRI), a non-profit Korean government-funded research
organization, which joined the Linux Foundation as a gold member earlier
this year. ETRI will participate actively to enhance Linux kernel
development in Korea. The Linux Foundation plans on promoting Linux
development and use in Korea by launching a Developer and Collaboration
Summit in Korea where key maintainers, developers and business people from
the Linux ecosystem will engage with local Korean community
representatives.
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the
growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of
Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open
source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation
promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources
and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed
platforms. For more information, please visit www.linux-foundation.org.
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