Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Joe Brockmeier.

In this interview we talk with Joe. In specific, we talk about:

• Where openSUSE fits into the desktop Linux landscape
• Relationships between openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and upstream projects
• The effect of commercial agreements on open source projects
• The future roadmap for openSUSE
• Bringing together technical and non-technical users in open source projects
• Coordinating testing and bug fixes among distros and upstream projects
• Design coherence among distributed developers

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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewees: Brian and Larry, and Michael.

In this interview we talk with Brian, Larry, and Michael. In specific, we talk about:

• OpenID’s offerings for decentralized online identity management
• Securing online identity: technology and beyond
• Aggregating identity information for multiple resources
• Spurring adoption by developers, service providers, and web sites
• Responding to objections about centralized identity management
• Closed source versus open source credibility
• The future of online identity management

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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewees: Keith and David

In this interview we talk with Keith and David. In specific, we talk about:

• Background: a high-energy physics project at the South Pole
• Open source software for highly specialized uses
• Sharing code and architecture among research projects
• Systems reliability in a harsh environment
• Cyclical data analysis and system calibration
• Life at the South Pole

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