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To many of us in the world of Linux and open source, it seemed pretty clear that open source development and the democratization of software - not to mention commoditization - was turning software as product development into a 2-way street. The trend was away from nice snazzy development kits that software vendors would release every 6 months and transforming into open development processes. This required giving something of value to prospective developers in the hopes that they would find a
This is the first in a series of podcasts I'm releasing that I've uncreatively called the LinuxWorld Podcast. In this first installment, you'll hear Bill Weinberg, of OSDL Mobile Linux Initiative fame, wax rhapsodic on everything you ever wanted to know about mobile, embedded, and real-time Linux - and then some! He gives a great rundown of the challenges for Linux in these markets, including power consumption, security, and creating common API's to spur 3rd-party development. Enjoy!
Did you see any keynotes at LinuxWorld Boston, and you'd like to relive the moment? Or did you miss them entirely, and you wish you hadn't? If you want to see Nicholas Negroponte discuss the $100 laptop (again and again) and Bill Hilf give you details about Microsoft's interoperability, then you can either watch the video or simply listen to the audio at the following links:
This year's Boston expo will showcase some new wrinkles that we've added for our attendees' viewing pleasure.
It seems to me that choosing the term "open source" eight years ago de-emphasizes the very thing driving open source adoption: freedom.
"We've been in open source software for years"
"We draw a barrier between cooperating with the [open source] process and competing with the products."
If all else fails, lower your standards.