The Brief on Groklaw
When Pamela Jones, better known as PJ, started Groklaw, a Web site devoted to covering and explaining legal cases of interest to the Free Software and Open Source communities, she preferred to remain anonymous and showed no desire to become well-known. Today, Groklaw and its founder are very famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask).
Monday, November 5, 2007 11:29:44 AM EST

Steering the Linux Course at IBM
The fact that Linux is big business for IBM should come as no surprise to those who follow Big Blue. During the last decade IBM has steadily ramped up its Linux efforts to the point where it has now become a core offering across IBM's server and software product lines. In this interview, IBM's Inna Kuznetsova spoke about her role at IBM, the challenges she faces and her view on Microsoft's patent allegations and GPL version 3.
Monday, September 17, 2007 01:13:49 PM EST

How Canonical Stays on the Light Side
The question of Canonical's success seems answered, for now. A better question could be, how will Canonical avoid the pitfalls of success that have befallen other strong software companies?
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 05:09:23 PM EST

A Group Conversation with Eben Moglen, Part II
During the recent Red Hat Summit, Eben Moglen, founding director of the Software Freedom Law Center, gave an informal presentation and Q&A session on the state of the GPL 3 and how it might apply to the Linux kernel and other projects. The conluding transcript of that talk is provided within.
Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:26:56 PM EST

A Group Conversation with Eben Moglen, Part I
During last week's Red Hat Summit, Eben Moglen, founding director of the Software Freedom Law Center, gave an informal presentation and Q&A session on the state of the GPL 3 and how it might apply to the Linux kernel and other projects. The transcript of that talk is provided within.
Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:20:04 AM EST

Six Things You Didn't Know About Firefox Extensions
To many, a Firefox extension is more magic than technology, and the process by which it is developed and used is shrouded in mystery. To find out more about Firefox extensions and their capabilities, Jem Matzan asked some extension-related questions of the Mozilla Foundation's technology strategist, Mike Shaver.
Friday, August 18, 2006 01:50:21 PM EST

What Can System Administrators Learn from Programmers?
Although we often hear about program bugs and techniques to get rid of them, we seldom see a similar focus in the field of system administration. LinuxPlanet asked Diomidis Spinellis, the author of the book Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective, for tips on what system administrators can learn from programmers.
Friday, July 21, 2006 11:23:50 AM EST

Interview--Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL
Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL is a robust and complete treatment of the processes and technologies that go into developing secure and scalable web applications. Ibrahim Haddad interviews the author to get the inside look on the state of open source Web development.
Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:52:55 AM EST

Open Source Java: Interview with an Apache Harmony Project Founder
There is a lot of open source activity currently surrounding Java, from JBoss and Geronimo (open source application servers) to MyFaces and Spring (open source web application frameworks), but Java itself is the last proprietary piece of the puzzle. If Harmony is successful, will Sun still matter?
Monday, February 27, 2006 11:11:00 AM EST

Sobell on the Bourne Again Shell and the Linux Command Line
In this interview Mark Sobell, author of A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, contrasts the original Bourne Shell with GNU's Bourne Again Shell and talks about the usefulness of the gawk and tr utilities.
Monday, November 21, 2005 01:41:06 PM EST

Boost Your C++ Programming
Björn Karlsson is the author of a new book, Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost. The book talks about the Boost libraries--which are top-notch C++ libraries--and examines twelve of the libraries in great detail. We had a talk with Björn, to get his thoughts on what makes Boost so important for C++ programmers.
Monday, October 17, 2005 12:12:06 PM EST

Guide Gets Readers Away From Windows Gotchas
People who are new to Linux have a wide choice of introductory books. A recent addition to the market is "Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux" from Prentice-Hall Publishers. Ibrahim Haddad caught up with van der Linden recently spoke to him to find out why he wrote it and what van der Linden sees as the important trends in Linux.
Thursday, September 8, 2005 11:04:01 AM EST

Infernal Devices
One of the most frequently cited difficulties transitioning to Linux (especially on the desktop) is that it can be difficult to find and integrate device drivers for new or obscure hardware. Another is that device drivers are hard to implement. James Turner rang up Linux Kernel guru Andrew Morton to discuss the state of Linux devices drivers in 2005 and to see if this is indeed the case.
Thursday, August 4, 2005 12:30:46 PM EST

Programming Guide Gets Down to the Metal
"GNU awk, more affectionately known as gawk, is a compatible version of the awk language--the language is open standard and other awk implementations exist--and it continues to be maintained and developed by Arnold Robbins. Arnold is in fact a long time proponent of open source, has worked with GNU for many years and written numerous books on sed, awk, and other open source technologies..."
Sunday, July 31, 2005 12:02:37 PM EST

Looking at Effective C++
The first two editions of Effective C++ were embraced by hundreds of thousands of programmers worldwide. The reason is clear: Scott Meyers' practical approach to C++ describes the rules of thumb used by the experts--the things they almost always do or almost always avoid doing--to produce clear, correct, efficient code. With the third edition now out, Ibrahim Haddad interviews the author to see what's new.
Monday, July 25, 2005 12:03:59 PM EST

Opengear Focuses on Open Source Hardware
It will come as no surprise to many that the notion of open source is not just for software. Maria Winslow recently spoke with Bob Waldie, CEO of Opengear, about his efforts to apply the open source model to hardware.
Thursday, July 7, 2005 11:45:04 AM EST

Deploying OpenLDAP: Interview with the Author
Tom Jackiewicz is the author of Deploying OpenLDAP, a title that aims to dissolve many of the myths and cover the mechnanics of using OpenLDAP in your organization. Martin C. Brown talks to Jackiewicz about his book, his job (managing OpenLDAP servers), and what he does when he isn't working on an LDAP problem.
Monday, June 20, 2005 10:56:36 AM EST

Ugandan Mozilla Highlights Power of OSS Translation
Translation of an application is one of the most useful ways of getting free and open source projects out to the world. In this interview, LinuxPlanet looks at one such project in Uganda, and learns how time and effort can bring new technology in a familiar language.
Monday, September 13, 2004 12:27:00 PM EST

Linspire Keeps Focus On Pre-Loaded PCs
With $20 million from a Microsoft settlement in their pockets, what does the often-hyped Linspire have in mind next? According to CEO Michael Robertson, it's OEM time.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 06:25:06 PM EST

So You Want to Be a Cyber Security Professional
Everyone needs a good security pro on their IT team. But where does someone pick up the skills needed to become such a pro? We talked to David Rice from the SANS Institute to learn how to enter a profession needed for all platforms.
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:23:22 PM EST

Mandrakesoft Sees Room For Several Linux Players
With much of the Linux industry consolidating around Novell/SUSE and Red Hat, and some other smaller Linux distributions feeling the squeeze, Mandrakesoft managed to return to profitability in the first quarter of the year. Right now, the Linux distributor is brimming with activity around new products, partnerships, and Web-based services.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:53:59 AM EST

The Voice of Groklaw
One of the few positive things to come out of the current legal battle that The SCO Group is waging towards IBM, Red Hat, and seemingly all things Linux is the growth of a new Web site that provides detailed legal analysis and information surrounding the lawsuits. Groklaw's Pamela Jones sits down for a special year-end interview with LinuxPlanet.
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 09:39:43 AM EST

maddog: Forum Will Answer Enterprise Questions
Next month's Enterprise Linux Forum has a lot going for it, including the conference chairman, Jon "maddog" Hall. Managing Editor Brian Proffitt interviews maddog to learn his thoughts on the Forum, Linux in the enterprise, and how corporations and the open source community can better work together.
Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:23:32 AM EST

$1 Billion Well Spent?
After you've taken the largest computer company in the world and nimbly embraced one of the most important new phenomena in the industry, spending a tidy $1 billion in the process, what do you do for Act 2? That's the question facing Jim Stallings as he takes over the reins of IBM's Linux initiative. LinuxPlanet contributor Robert McMillan spoke with Stallings recently to ask him about his vision for the future of Linux and to try and get him to answer the big question: How much is IBM spending on Linux today?
Thursday, April 24, 2003 01:18:36 PM EST

Trust Unlimited
Launched by former MandrakeSoft CEO Henri Poole and two other MandrakeSoft refugees in the summer of 2001, Affero is trying to build a standard system of reputation measurement for the Internet. LinuxPlanet recently caught up with Henri to ask him about Affero and his new position on the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation.
Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:26:56 AM EST

Oracle Gets Serious About Free Software
After years of contributing to the Linux kernel via third parties like Red Hat or SuSE, Oracle is now focusing on more direct participation on the Linux kernel list. And, in the next few weeks it is planning to release a major overhaul of its open source developer site. Robert McMillan interiews Oracle's Linux point man Wim Coekaerts.
Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:12:57 AM EST

Embedded Development on the Qt
Norway's Trolltech AS has formally announced a relationship with IBM, which is using Trolltech's ATopia office application suite as part of its 405LP design. LinuxPlanet caught up with company CEO Haavard Nord to ask him about the IBM deal, the latest on Trolltech's Qt libraries, the embedded device market, and about what Sun could learn from Trolltech's dual-licensing scheme.
Thursday, February 13, 2003 09:03:29 AM EST

Patent War Pending?
"Are software patents about to kill open source? The growing number of questionable software patents and the inability of individual developers to defend themselves from frivolous patent suits has many in the open source community concerned. Now that Microsoft has settled its antitrust case, some hackers worry that it will become more aggressive in its attack on open source. And that could spell a frivolous patent lawsuit for some projects: Wine, Samba or Linux, to name three..."
Monday, December 9, 2002 10:45:37 AM EST

Security Expert Gives Operating Systems Poor Security Grade
Recently, Purdue University Professor Gene Spafford gained attention in the Linux community for his disparaging remarks on the Linux operating system's security. But Linux administrators and users should not take his remarks personally: Spafford believes that Linux and Windows each have poor security designs. LinuxPlanet welcomes writer Robert McMillan, who recently interviewed the security expert for his take on the state of computer security today.
Monday, October 14, 2002 10:35:31 AM EST

The Many Faces of Wine: Realities of Open Source and Business
It's the age-old question: how does an open source software company bring home the bread? Dee-Ann LeBlanc reports on how three firms--CodeWeavers, TransGaming Technologies, and Lindows.com--all use and create different aspects of Wine to succeed as open source software companies.
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 09:57:20 AM EST

Test Plan Charlie Unplugged: An Interview with David Boyes
David Boyes holds a storied place in the history of Linux as the man who had no less
than 41,400 Linux images running on a single mainframe. He's been anything but at rest since then. Scott Courtney caught up to him for an in-depth and wide-ranging interview that answers all sorts of questions you may have had about running Linux on a mainframe but were afraid to ask, and gives the low-down on one of IBM's rare missteps in its unfolding relationship with Linux.
Wednesday, March 21, 2001 08:04:04 AM EST

Helix Code: Beyond Project to Product
Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman have managed to turn the Linux world upside down, first with the creation of Helix Code and then with the formation of the GNOME Foundation. In this extensive interview with Dennis E. Powell, Miguel and Nat discuss how they plan on making money from GNOME (it involves selling to end users online services associated with Helix Code software), where GNOME ends and Helix Code begins (which seems to be a blurry line at best), and why they find it necessary to totally tear apart StarOffice in order to make it fit within the GNOME framework.
Monday, September 11, 2000 05:00:00 AM EST

Kernel Development, Desktops, and Scooby Doo: The Alan Cox Interview
Alan Cox is a long-time Linux kernel hacker, Red Hat Software employee, and general all-around great guy. More importantly, he's one of the people who work behind the scenes to make Linux a great product; his relentless efforts to improve and enhance the Linux kernel are evidenced by the numerous "ac" monikers after kernel revisions. Paul Ferris interviews.
Thursday, February 10, 2000 08:48:05 AM EST

Tim O'Reilly on Open Source and Linux
Tim O'Reillys company publishes some of the best selling handbooks on Internet, Unix and Linux. Linuxplanet talks to him about his involvement with the open source movement.
Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:15:42 AM EST