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'''Open Source Development Labs''' ('''OSDL''') was a [[non-profit organization]] supported by a global consortium tasked to "accelerate the deployment of [[Linux]] for enterprise computing."<ref>{{waybackwebarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://osdl.org/about_osdl |date=* |title=About OSDL }} - January 20, 2007, version was last one archived prior to the merger.</ref> Founded in 2000, its goals included "to be the recognized center-of-gravity for the Linux industry." The headquarters was first incorporated in San Francisco but later relocated to [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] in Oregon with second facility in [[Yokohama]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buzzfile.com/business/O-S-D-L-503-626-2455|title=Open Source Development Labs Inc|website=www.buzzfile.com|access-date=2016-10-26}}</ref>

On January 22, 2007, OSDL and the [[Free Standards Group]] merged to form the [[Linux Foundation]], narrowing their respective focuses to that of promoting Linux in competition with [[Microsoft Windows]].<ref>{{cite press release