The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Linux kernel filesystem maintainer Ted Ts'o is joining the organization as a Fellow and chief platform strategist. Ts'o is one of the most highly regarded members of the Linux and open source community and will contribute his leadership experience working with a broad set of Linux technologies to the LF's technical efforts, including the Linux Standard Base (LSB).

"We couldn't be more thrilled to see Ted join the LF," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. "There are very few people in the world with the unique background and breadth of experience that Ted holds in both Linux and enterprise computing. He was the first North American kernel developer, a pioneer in Linux file systems and one of the original organizers of the Linux Standard Base. His experience will be an invaluable addition to our team."

"I believe in the Linux Foundation's mission of rallying developers, users and industry members around one goal: the growth of Linux," said Ted Ts'o, chief platform strategist at The Linux Foundation. "I'm looking forward to continuing the LSB and other Linux Foundation initiatives to make the Linux platform even more competitive to the benefit of the entire Linux community."

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