Linux Standards Base

Description

Cited by Glyn Moody:

"The LSB was created to solve the challenges of multiple-distribution development and lower the overall costs of supporting the Linux platform. By reducing the differences between individual Linux distributions, the LSB greatly reduces the costs involved with porting applications to different distributions, and lowers the cost and effort involved in after-market support of those applications. The LSB enables ISVs to cost effectively target the Linux platform, reducing the ISVs' porting, support, and testing costs, while helping them address a global market for their applications."

Status 10/2008:

"In another step towards general release, the first beta of Linux Standard Base (LSB) 4.0 was released today. LSB 4.0 will introduce a new application checker, a new shell script checker, and a new multi-version software development kit (SDK) that will enable developers to build applications to earlier LSB specifications without changing DKS" (http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1402)