Two months after the launch of Fedora 12, we spoke to Paul Frields, Fedora Project Leader at Red Hat, about how this release has been received by the community, and what is in store for the next. Though it started as a technical discussion on what Fedora 12 offers IT admins and developers, it graduated into a more serious conversation on the relationship between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and the distinction (if any) between commercial and community Linux.
Interviews
A Quick Q ‘n’ A Session with Greg Kroah-Hartman
Greg K-H is the current Linux kernel maintainer for the -stable branch and is well known for his contributions to the Linux device drivers project that has enabled the kernel to support the MOST number of hardware devices, compared to any other kernel or OS. Here we present a quick interview with the man.
Bob Young: Because of the much lower cost, open source should do very well in this economy
Bob Young has played a key role in building Linux into a household name. In 1993, with Mark Ewing, he co-founded Red Hat and was the CEO of the company for several years. After leaving Red Hat, he started a print-on-demand website called Lulu, where content creators can sell their books, comics, movies, or any other content that can be digitised and sold over the Web. Young also owns the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a Canadian football league franchise that he purchased in 2003. In this interview with LFY, he talks about Lulu.
Oracle: We Have All That Red Hat Has, But Our Prices Will Pretty Much Be Half
In this interview, Shane Owenby, director, Linux & Open Source, Asia Pacific, Oracle Corporation, shares with us Oracle’s contributions to the Linux world, and expresses his surprise at how little credit the company gets for it.
Face to Face with RMS
It was one of the rarest opportunities to spend some time with the man I’ve always looked up to since I migrated to GNU/Linux systems…
Virtual Microsoft
Microsoft has been talking a lot about interoperability for a few years now. What is the company doing with respect to interoperability on the virtualisation front? The LFY Bureau caught up with Radhesh Balakrishnan, director of virtualisation, Microsoft, to understand what’s happening.
Max Spevack: We Ensure Red Hat is a Good Open Source Citizen
An interview with Max Spevack, the man responsible for managing the Community Architecture team, which makes sure Red Hat plays fair with the FOSS community.
Paul Frields: Proprietary Software Has Had Its Day and is on the Way Out!
In February 2008, Paul W. Frields joined Red Hat as the Fedora Project Leader. Naturally, on the occasion of the 10th release of Fedora, we needed the FPL’s insight into what goes inside the project. So, here’s Paul for you…
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