Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Michael Hart

In this interview we talk with Michael of Netflix. In specific, we talk about:

• Netflix’s offerings in terms of open architecture
• Balancing the need for product consistency with innovation
• Openness as a spur to expansive success
• The role of Linux on CE devices in the future of entertainment media
• The primacy of browser technology in delivering the future
• Harnessing cooperation as a creative force

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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Stephen Lau

In this interview we talk with Stephen of Songbird. In specific, we talk about:

• How Songbird fits into the Mozilla pantheon
• Aligning user interests with those of content providers
• How Songbird fits into the larger world of open source media players
• Songbird’s business and revenue model in the near term and beyond
• Usability and expandability as strategic precepts
• Apple as an inspirational model

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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Paolo Juvara

In this interview we talk with Paolo of OpenBravo. In specific, we talk about:

• Openbravo and the niche for open source ERP
• Drawing developers to an ERP project
• The roles of modularity and customizability in Openbravo
• Acquisition by external companies as a goal of some open source projects
• Effectively differentiating free from paid product versions
• Openness as a core Openbravo value

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