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  The Linux Foundation Podcast featuring conversations with Executive Director Jim Zemlin and Open Source Luminaries.

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  • Interview with Bob Sutor Part 2
  • Interview with Bob Sutor Part 3
  • Interview with Ron Hovsepian
  • Linus Torvalds - Part I
  • Linus Torvalds - Part II
  • Mark Shuttleworth
  • Mitchell Baker Transcript

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In this episode of Open Voices, Linux Foundation Executive Director
Jim Zemlin talks with newly appointed VP of Linux and Open Source at
IBM Bob Sutor. They cover IBM’s current support of Linux, the origin
of that support, and the hotspots Bob sees in the Linux and open
source market today. Highlights include conversation about cloud
computing, Linux on the desktop, ODF, and the growth of the Linux
community.

Bob will cover these topics in more detail during his keynote at the
upcoming LinuxCon conference in September in Portland, OR.

Click here for transcript.

Popularity: 5% [?]

The fifth Open Voices podcast installation features a conversation with Mozilla Chairman, Mitchell Baker, and the Linux Foundation Executive Director, Jim Zemlin. Baker admits that Mozilla’s open source strategy was in direct reaction to market and competitive pressures and calls out Microsoft for illegal activities. As one of the first software projects to “open source” its technology, she explains how the Mozilla Foundation navigated community, licensing and growth issues. Baker also shares her opinions on the motivations and ingredients involved in mass collaboration, specifically around the Mozilla and other open source projects.

To view the transcript, click here.

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This Open Voices installment features Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect of Oracle who sits down with Jim Zemlin to discuss Oracle’s current and future market positioning, as well as his thoughts on a variety of topics, from cloud computing to a single Linux distribution. If you’d rather not listen, you can read the transcript here.

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This Open Voices installment features Ron Hovsepian, CEO of Novell, who sits down with Jim Zemlin for a candid discussion on Novell’s current standing in the market and its commitment to its customers, and the community as w whole. He also shares his thoughts on new trends in the market, Sun and OpenSolaris, managing the consistency and balance of rapid innovation and much more. If you’d rather not listen, you can read the transcript here.

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This Open Voices installment features Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical, who sheds light on the roots of Ubuntu, trust relationships, his desire for increased collaboration in the Linux community and much more in a casual conversation with Jim Zemlin.

Tune in soon for Jim’s interview with Novell President and CEO Ron Hovsepian.

If you’d rather read a transcript, you can find it here.

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Jim Zemlin’s conversation with Linus Torvalds continues with the posting of Part II of their interview. Linus comments on a variety of topics including patents, internal and external competition, the broader adoption of Linux, Microsoft and much more. The interview transcript can be viewed below.

Upcoming Open Voices installments will feature Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of the Ubuntu Project (2/25/08) and Novell President and CEO Ron Hovsepian (3/17/08).

If you’d rather read a transcript, you can find it here.

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Today the Linux Foundation is launching a podcast series that will feature conversations with the leaders of open source. For our inaugural post, we are pleased to present part one of our conversation with Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux Operating System and fellow at the Linux Foundation.

We have broken the conversation with Linus into two parts. Part II will be available in the beginning of February. Future Open Voices installments will feature Novell President and CEO Ron Hovsepian; Martin Mickos, CEO of MySQL; and Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of the Ubuntu Project.

If you’d rather read a transcript, you can find it here.

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