Interviews

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Open Enterprise Interview: Mark Taylor

UK's Mr Open Source speaks out on BBC, OSC and 'free markets'. Prior to founding the open source consultancy, support and training company Sirius in 1998, he was the technical director of an IT…

A Linux thin client for every child

In September this year, the Macedonian government announced one of the most ambitious educational technology projects ever proposed: to provide 180,000 of its school-age children with computer…

BMC's William Hurley talks up open source

At 36 years old, William Hurley has been involved in IT for more than half his life, starting after a car accident that left him badly injured. While recovering, he began hacking X-objects for…

IcedTea free Java in Fedora 8

"Java is a popular programming language used both on the desktop and the net. Until recently users who wanted to use just free software have had to struggle with partial support for Java, but now…

Q&A: Pamela Jones of Groklaw

Groklaw is the blog that has made a difference. Created as a personal project by Pamela Jones, better known as PJ, in 2003, its stated purpose was to increase understanding of the law as it is…

Open Rights Group, on the BBC, iPlayer and DRM

Interview with Becky Hogge, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group on the BBC, iPlayer and DRM.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071108235140236

Linus Torvalds on Open Source: A Much Better Way to Do Things

"Linux really wouldn't have gone anywhere interesting at all if it hadn't been released as an open source product. I also think that the change to the GPLv2 from my original 'no money' license was…

KDE and Distributions: ALT Linux Interview

As part of our KDE and Distributions series KDE Dot News spoke to representatives from Alt Linux. Russia recently announced plans to include GNU/Linux in every school in the country, and ALT Linux…

Interview with Mark Taylor of UK Open Source Consortium

Sean Daly's telephone interview with Mark Taylor, President of the UK Open Source Consortium.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071021231933899

Stallman trumpets free software

Amidst hisses and applause, political activist Richard Stallman — standing barefoot behind a podium, sporting a wild beard and playing with his long, shaggy hair — discussed what he terms the “…