Articles by Author -- Alolita Sharma

Silicon Valley is chock-full of Web 2.0 startups today. And these startups are using open source big-time.

Alolita Sharma recently attended the first ever iPhoneDevCamp in San Francisco. 400 developers, artists, users and technology innovators had assembled together to hack and invent cool ways to use Apple's new gadget. She had a chance to talk with one of the key organizers of this event, William Hurley. "Whurley", as he is affectionately known, is an open source die-hard and leader in the "BarCamp" movement, redefining the way technology conferences are held. Here's what he had to say.

Ubuntu has caught the attention of the world. What makes Ubuntu so popular? Is it technology, is it community or is it just Mark Shuttleworth's charisma that brings Ubuntu its name and fame. In this interview Mark talks about Ubuntu in the global IT landscape, upcoming technology features, software patents, and what Ubuntu is doing in India.

Why do Fortune 500 corporations swear by open source? What's in it for them? Freedom.

Alolita Sharma and Robert Adkins met up with Max Spevack, chairman of the Fedora project, at the Red Hat Summit in San Diego to talk about all things Fedora and the road ahead.

Red Hat's annual conference from May 9 to 11 was held in San Diego this year. More than 1400 developers and customers attended the Summit to learn about the latest and greatest in open source technologies.

Silicon Valley has produced many hits — both in hardware and software and now in the next generation Web. The Valley's culture of networking and innovating is setting the stage for the next wave of success.

MySQL's annual conference from April 23-26, 2007 in Santa Clara, California was all about gathering community, customers and getting ready for going IPO.

Digital music is the future. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the past.

The most popular open source projects are beginning to share the limelight with lesser known projects because of a phenomenon called the Long Tail. The Long Tail is key to the success of open source.