Kevin Bedell

Tim O'Reilly, founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates, was a pioneer in the popularization of the Internet and has been an activist for Internet standards and open source software. He has led successful public relations campaigns on behalf of key Internet technologies, mos... (more)

LinuxWorld Magazine's editor-in-chief Kevin Bedell recently met with professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University. Eben's the general counsel for the Free Software Foundation; here he shares with LWM readers his insight on the distribution of culture and information in our Intern... (more)

Welcome to the Free Software/Open Source focus issue of LinuxWorld Magazine! In this issue our goal is to give you a perspective and understanding of the amazing reach and accomplishments of what is becoming known as the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) social movement... (more)

In the course of putting this issue together we decided we wanted to get some predictions for what will be happening with Linux over the next year. So, we came up with some questions and sent them out to a bunch of people we know in the Linux community whose opinions we respect. ... (more)

Innovation is the lifeblood of the technology industry. With every new technical innovation comes a whole new crop of companies riding the wave of change as they try to build companies (and sometimes even whole industries) out of the Next Big Thing. Ask Thomas Reardon of Openwav... (more)

This issue kicks off a new era in the development and publication of LinuxWorld Magazine. I know this is only our third issue, but we're putting into motion some changes that have the potential to really change how this magazine is put together. I have to be honest, I'm not sure ... (more)

U R G E N T    A P P E A L Distributed Denial of Service Attacks against SCO, or anyone for that matter, are a clearly unacceptable activity. While many in the Open Source community are not pleased with SCO's lawsuit against IBM, or their proposed legal challenges aimed at Linux ... (more)

Kevin Bedell recently had the opportunity to talk with Sun Microsystems' John Fowler about open standards, Linux and Java, and Sun's contributions to the open source community. John Fowler is chief technology officer for Sun Microsystems' Software organization. He manages an Adv... (more)

Here is the set of questions we sent out to a number of the many Linux luminaries that we know and admire. Following the questions are the responses we received from Eric Raymond and John Terpstra (of the Samba team). The questions: Which Linux application area do you believe will ... (more)

In many ways the differences between the Free Software and Open Source software movements have more to do with social goals than the software itself.  The Free Software movement had its roots in Richard Stallman's initial effort to create a 'free' operating system. This effort le... (more)

"Those who do not understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly." – Henry Spencer, Usenet signature, November 1987 So begins the first chapter of Eric Raymond's newest book, The Art of UNIX Programming. In the pages that follow Eric does his best to make sure readers do under... (more)

Anyone following current trends in computing and information technology can tell you that big things are afoot in the world of Linux and open source software. At the top of the list as I write this are the current activities of SCO. In case you're new to the Linux and open sourc... (more)

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The Official Samba 3 How-To and Reference Guide by John H. Terpstra and Jelmer Vernooij Paperback: 704 pages Prentice Hall PTR; (October 2003) ISBN: 0-13-145355-6 Download Chapter 3 in PDF review in progress "This book excerpt is from Chapter 3 of The Official Samba 3 How-To and Re... (more)

In his open letter to the open source community Darl McBride states, "it is clear that the Open Source community needs a business model that is sustainable if it is to grow beyond a part-time avocation into an enterprise-trusted development model." I have news for you, Darl -- a ... (more)

The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric Raymond Paperback: 512 pages Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (September 17, 2003) ISBN: 0131429019 Download Chapter 1 in PDF "Those who do not understand UNIX are doomed to reinvent it, poorly." - Henry Spencer, Usenet signature, November, 1987 ... (more)

This new MSBlaster worm attacking Windows XP and 2003 operating systems is so bad that even the Department of Homeland Security has issued advisories against it. Instead of applying a patch for this problem -- only to have to apply another patch as soon as the next vulnerability ... (more)

Welcome, and thank you for picking up LinuxWorld Magazine! If you're familiar with our sister publications, including Java Developer's Journal, .NET Developer's Journal, and WebSphere Developer's Journal, then you know the extremely high standards for content we strive for at SYS-C... (more)

LWM: IBM seems to be getting behind Linux in a big way. What are some of the major initiatives right now? Scott Handy: We have a very broad focus on Linux for large accounts and for small and medium-sized businesses. Within that, we focus on particular industries - namely retail,... (more)

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 ... (more)