"The Linux momentum continues to be strong," said Stuart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development Lab, a corporate consortium backed by Linux supporters, including I.B.M.

Beating six other strong entrants, a consortium backed by the media giant Time Warner Inc. won the license today to build a new television network here.

The construction of the power station, which was undertaken by a consortium backed by English Electric, Babcock International Group and Taylor Woodrow Construction, began in 1957.

It was developed and launched by a consortium backed by the Independent Broadcasting Authority at about the same time as the BBC's Ceefax service.

In November, a consortium of seven New Jersey banks, backed by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, loaned the foundation $365,000.

And Louisiana Energy Systems, a consortium backed by Urenco and a handful of American nuclear utilities, has applied for a license to build new centrifuge capacity in the United States.

The plan is subject to approval by the members of Intelsat, a consortium backed by 136 governments.

And earlier this year, the United States failed to muster any support for its plan from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a consortium backed by more than 40 countries.

In December 1995 an international consortium, backed by the former owners of Olympia & York and other investors, bought the scheme.

International Aero Engines is a consortium backed by four aero-engine manufacturers, formed in 1983 to produce the engine.