Indie Podcasting with Open Source, Jun 23, 2006

There are no rules for indie media, other than maybe "honor the content," where content is some combination of the idea and truth. Otherwise, especially with something like an interview, there wouldn't be any creativity at all--just the raw data.

Bill Hilf, general manager of competitive strategy at Microsoft, says Linux won’t gain traction on the desktop due to the complexity involved in delivering a tightly integrated and tested desktop product.

Novell's decision to replace CEO Jack Messman with Ron Hovsepian may have been sudden, but it didn't shock many Novell customers and observers, who were unequivocal in praising Hovsepian's ascension.

Thirteen years is a long time to spend in one place. In the case of Martin Taylor, many thought of it as an apprenticeship. The young man, still just 36, was being groomed to be the heir apparent to Ballmer. He had kicked some serious goals in his jobs. His strategy for sidelining Linux is one the media love to focus on.

While Novell has embraced Linux and open source with its acquisition of Ximian and SUSE, it has been unable to profit from these technologies as quickly as many of its investors would like.

Bhutan, a country of 700,000 inhabitants that sits between China and India, now has its own Debian-based operating system in the national language, Dzongkha.

Ever wonder how Lightning McQueen and friends looked so good in the movie Cars? A lot of that spit and polish came from the Pixar Animation Studio's Linux workstations and servers.

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