Kevin Bedell

Sometimes it's the things you don't plan that seem to have the most impact. Today was one of those days. I'd been talking with Bruce Perens earlier in the day after attending a talk he gave on a bunch of issues including software patents and the dangers they pose to the Open Source community ­as well as to individual open source developers. It was a fascinating talk that covered a host of issues - including his take on the current SCO debacle. (I've gotten his permission to reprint the talk in the next issue of LinuxWorld Magazine.) A bit later, I ran into Zak Welch. Zak is Chairman of the Board of The Zynot Foundation,­ a group of open source developers that are working on a new Linux distribution that has been forked from the Gentoo distribution. The Zynot Foundation bo... (more)

SYS-CON Radio interviews Mark Harris

SYS-CON Radio interviews Mark Harris, VP of Corporate Development for Cyclades, live at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2003 in San Francisco. Click here to listen  [interview in MP3 format] ... (more)

It's Our Anniversary

Hello, and thanks for reading LinuxWorld Magazine! Welcome to our one-year anniversary issue! It seems like only yesterday that we were launching this magazine; so much has happened since then. We've carried some great articles, including detailed pieces on Carrier Grade Linux and Open Source Visualization technologies. We've also carried some great case studies and product reviews. Anot... (more)

Live From the Show Floor at LinuxWorld

I'm writing from a pod of Compaq computers on the show floor all running Red Hat. The pod is sponsored by HP and provides everyone with net access. Thanks! I can't tell you how exciting this show has been. I haven't been to a show in a long time that's had this kind of buzz. We've had some interesting announcements from Red Hat this week -- they announced here at the show a "Open Source N... (more)

Who Owns Unix?

In response to the SCO lawsuit, Eric (with consultant Rob Landley) wrote the "OSI Position Paper on the SCO-vs.-IBM Complaint." This position paper addresses in detail SCO's claims of intellectual property ownership over Linux. The paper has been widely read and is considered by many to be the best analysis of the topic available. In short, the paper addresses the question, "Who owns Uni... (more)