Of Course, They Weren't Really Gone

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog February 27, 2009, 11:42 am In all of the PR about Red Hat’s move from Xen to KVM and the SolidICE/SPICE desktop virtualization tools earlier this week, it almost got missed that when Red Hat starts...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 27, 2009

Note on Microsoft TomTom Suit: Calm Down, Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

Article Source Zemlin’s Blog February 26, 2009, 12:05 pm Calm Down Right now the Microsoft claim against Tom Tom is a private dispute between those two entities concerning GPS mapping software. We do not feel assumptions should be made...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 26, 2009

Entry-Level Development

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog February 23, 2009, 2:44 pm We have a great thing in Linux, but the question I have is, how do we as a community introduce the real newcomers to programming to the joys of the operating system? read more  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 23, 2009

Who’s Speaking at this year’s CollabSummit?

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog February 20, 2009, 12:50 pm The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is the only conference designed to enhance collaboration between the Linux community, industry, end users and ISVs. Instead of the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 20, 2009

Congratulations to IBM and Red Hat on their 10th Anniversary

Article Source Zemlin’s Blog February 18, 2009, 8:11 am I’ve written on Red Hat before and the confidence I feel in their operational strengths. It is one of the best run companies I’ve seen. Red Hat’s leadership in the Linux space and its...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 18, 2009

Do Not Adjust Your Screens...

Article Source Brian Proffitt’s Blog February 18, 2009, 4:13 am The sharp-eyed among you may have noticed a few… changes to the Linux Developer Network site that happened overnight. read more  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 18, 2009

How to Evaluate Open Source Projects?

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog February 18, 2009, 12:27 pm If youâÃôre in the open source world, you probably donâÃôt need a lot of convincing about the high quality software that results from the open source development model....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 18, 2009

Netbook users: Microsoft says three apps is enough

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog February 9, 2009, 9:43 am During the last two years, Microsoft has encountered more competition from Linux on the desktop than probably all of the other years combined. The venue? Netbooks. The...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 9, 2009

Linux Provides Steady IT Foundation for Banks in a Tough Economic Climate

Article Source Zemlin’s Blog February 4, 2009, 8:49 am Times are tough in the banking industry. According to the AP, 100,000 bank employees have been laid off over the past two years. Overall, banking industry unemployment has almost...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 4, 2009

Open Season for Linux Contests

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog January 24, 2009, 12:04 pm Contests, at their best, can highlight creative thinking and originality.¬â In the Linux community, there seems to be an serious overabundance of both.¬â Four different...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 24, 2009

Open Office: A Horse of a Different Source

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog January 13, 2009, 11:24 am The last few weeks have seen a number of posts about the health of open source office productivity software Open Office. Michael Meeks, open office developer, started this...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 13, 2009

More on the “I’m Linux” video contest

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog December 22, 2008, 5:17 pm Last week, we launched the Linux Foundation video site. The site will of course house the growing collection of Linux Foundation original video from our events, but I hope...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 22, 2008

The Week of the Linux Desktop Debate

Article Source Amanda McPherson’s Blog December 19, 2008, 9:40 am It never seems to fail: this time of year brings out predictions, and with them debate about the future of Linux, especially on the desktop. It‚Äôs a good sign that we go...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Dec 19, 2008

Open Voices Interview with Mitchell Baker, Mozilla

The fifth Open Voices podcast installation features a conversation with Mozilla Chairman, Mitchell Baker, and the Linux Foundation Executive Director, Jim Zemlin. Baker admits that Mozilla‚Äôs open source strategy was in direct reaction to...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 19, 2008

Open Voices with Edward Screven of Oracle

This Open Voices installment features Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect of Oracle who sits down with Jim Zemlin to discuss Oracle‚Äôs current and future market positioning, as well as his thoughts on a variety of topics, from cloud...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | May 7, 2008

Open Voices Podcast with Mark Shuttleworth

This Open Voices installment features Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical, who sheds light on the roots of Ubuntu, trust relationships, his desire for increased collaboration in the Linux community and much more in a casual conversation with...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 25, 2008

Linus Torvalds Interview, Part II

Jim Zemlin‚Äôs conversation with Linus Torvalds continues with the posting of Part II of their interview. Linus comments on a variety of topics including patents, internal and external competition, the broader adoption of Linux, Microsoft...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Feb 4, 2008

Welcome to Open Voices

Today the Linux Foundation is launching a podcast series that will feature conversations with the leaders of open source. For our inaugural post, we are pleased to present part one of our conversation with Linus Torvalds, creator of the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jan 8, 2008