Articles tagged ‘opensourceservices’

National Linux distributions have special responsibilities. They should encourage a nation's open source activities as broadly as possible rather than present an isolated solution based on inevitably limited resources.

Weak industry momentum is prompting China to re-think its open source software business strategy. This is a good time for China and others to look beyond product models based on traditional proprietary thinking, and see the wider doors of opportunity that open source software services can open.

Linux For You’s editor, together with technologists Robert Adkins and Alolita Sharma, met Michael Tiemann, vice president, open source affairs, Red Hat, on his first visit to India in October 2004. Tiemann, with a long string of successes – from being the 23 year old developer of the GNU C++ compiler, to co-founder of a very successful software company Cygnus Solutions, is today part of Red Hat’s founding team and eager to push the benefits of open source to the global frontier. In this wide-ranging interview, Tiemann shares his vision, enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit.

Interoperability, localization and support are key for the open source desktop.

Global information services from Silicon Valley to Silicon India.

Governments are choosing Open Source Software (OSS) to encourage competition while keeping costs low and quality high - so let’s examine what OSS is all about.

To build an open knowledge-based economy, the right problems must be recognized, supportive processes must be encouraged, and strong policies must be enacted.