Linux kernel developer <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2229085,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">Ted Ts'o will be joining the Linux Foundation</A> for two years as a fellow and chief platform strategist. There, Ts'o plans on extending the LSB (Linux Standard Base) to create programs that will work on multiple Linux distributions. This way, ISVs can support different distributions, such as Red Hat and Ubuntu, at the same time.