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| | The Linux Beacon--Linux Standard Base 3.0 Spec Unveiled |
 | | All the usual suspects were on hand to provide their support for the LSB 3.0 spec, including: Red Hat, Novell, Mandriva, Turbolinux, the Debian Common Core Alliance (a consortium of Debian Linux providers), and Asianux (a partnership of Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, and Haansoft Linux). |
 | | But the fact is that a Linux standard makes software development a bit easier and a lot less costly, although someone has to point out that there are enough differences between Linux distributions that independent testing and certification are necessary, as was the case with many Unixes all those years ago. |
 | | However, the idea is sound that Linux should include a base set of application programming interfaces (APIs), libraries, and interoperability standards, and the LSB spec also requires vendors to have test suites, development environments, developer documentation, and sample implementations of their Linux platforms. |
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