Technetra | Writings

Software as a Service is the next big trend

Alolita Sharma — 2007-10-11T19:55:00-04:00

Raven Zachary is research director for Open Source at the 451 Group, a technology industry analyst company headquartered in New York. As a community activist, Zachary is also a key organizer of BarCamps in the US. Alolita Sharma talks to Raven Zachary about the trends he sees as a key industry analyst and as an active community organizer in the open source world.

Flying the Geek-friendly Skies

Alolita Sharma — 2007-09-09T19:30:00-04:00

Virgin Airlines recently launched a ‘geek-friendly’ service for the US market. And it has many Silicon Valley geeks wishing they were on-board.

Doing a Web 2.0 Startup with Open Source

Alolita Sharma — 2007-08-11T21:20:00-04:00

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

License Profile for Latest Linux Kernel (2.6.22.1)

Robert Adkins — 2007-08-05T14:05:41-04:00

Some stats reflecting the licensing profile of the latest kernel.org Linux kernel 2.6.22.1.

An Open Letter to Linus

Robert Adkins — 2007-07-19T13:27:56-04:00

Come on Linus, wake up! There are ogres out there...

User-driven Innovation: That's What It Is All About

Alolita Sharma — 2007-07-19T11:45:00-04:00

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 Chief Mark Shuttleworth Responds To FOSS Leaders in Asia

Alolita Sharma — 2007-07-03T07:25:00-04:00

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.

It's All About Freedom

Alolita Sharma — 2007-07-02T10:05:00-04:00

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

A face-to-face conversation with Max Spevack of Fedora

Alolita Sharma — 2007-07-01T11:05:00-04:00

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.

Review: Flying High with Fedora 7

Nilayan Sharma — 2007-07-01T09:10:00-04:00

Fedora 7 is a first class distro that demonstrates solid progress in improving the user experience, easing the move to virtualization and enabling the user to create their own custom spins with open source build tools.

Technology's Virtuous Cycle

Robert Adkins — 2007-07-01T08:00:00-04:00

There is increasing recognition that when governments sponsor basic research they spawn a virtuous cycle between government, industry and academia. This interaction between players can result in technology leadership that has interesting and beneficial consequences for social and economic growth. But great technology does not just spontaneously appear out of a vacuum.

Learning From the FOSS-il Record

Robert Adkins — 2007-06-01T22:10:00-04:00

Because the software industry is a relatively new and complex human endeavor, growth in the sophistication of the FOSS community, in its small way, mirrors similar stages in the evolution of civilization. Now, at their current stage of evolution, the software and technology industries are most advanced in the developed economies. But they are facing broad new competition from the developing world. The two sides of the digital divide can choose to compete each other out of existence, or they can rise and together meet the challenges created by their global interdependence.

Live from San Diego: Red Hat Summit 2007

Alolita Sharma — 2007-06-01T20:50:00-04:00

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.

The 'Hit Factory'

Alolita Sharma — 2007-06-01T10:50:00-04:00

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 Conference 2007

Alolita Sharma — 2007-06-01T08:00:00-04:00

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.