Red Hat exec: New CEO has open-source cred, Dec 27, 2007

Michael Tiemann, a Red Hat executive with close to two decades of open-source business experience under his belt, has come to the defense of the company's new chief executive.

The $299 Eee PC subnotebook, Wal-Mart's $199 Everex Green PC, and even the $99 Zonbu desktop aren't ideal Volkscomputers, but they are precisely the kicks in the pants that the industry needed: a push to make machines that are universally affordable, and a Linux that can be operated and maintained by people other than smug bearded men.

Schneier is one of three keynote speakers at Linux.conf.au 2008 and speaks with Dahna McConnachie about his presentation, books and thoughts.

The Economist makes three technology predictions for 2008, two of which concern web surfing and the third of which concerns everyone, whether they surf the web or not. The Economist's third prediction is that the technology world will open up:

Five days ago, three members of the free and open source software community finally heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from their brows after winning a battle they had waged for years.

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