This interview reminds me a little of those sci-fi stories that start with the
big bang, and end 40 billion years in the future.  Con Zymaris has the
depth of experience to pull this off in the software space, offering some very
astute insights and provacative food for though along the way.

• The early days of computing as the foundations for open source
• Open source growing up alongside proprietary technology
• Circumstances that led to the dominance of Linux among open OSs
• The economic motivation for open source as the result of technological progress
• On the rise of commercial entities as open source guardians
• The effects of OEM momentum behind particular open source technologies
• Low-cost, lightweight computing as an upcoming nexus of power
• Keeping customers for the long haul without being able to lock them in

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In this interview, we talk with Intel's Dirk Hohndel about Moblin, the explosion
of devices, and how large companies do (or don't) really "get" open source.

• Moblin and its transition from Intel to the Linux Foundation
• Linux as a multi-purpose OS across device types
• On the limitations to how many devices people really want
• Data synchronization capabilities and limitations
• Integrating open source ethos into a large company’s business model
• Public acceptance and skepticism of commercial involvement in open source

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If you’ve ever used a Wii control or played an iPhone game, you’re familiar with the kind technology that Hillcrest Labs makes, and they make some of the best. In this interview, we talk about their decision to open-source their library and the benefits this brings back from their developer community.

• Freespace products and the air pointer market
• Bringing order to the expanding world of digital content in the living room
• Building new devices for human-computer interaction
• Distributing open source libraries to spur innovation
• The math and alorithms behind motion tracking and control
• The Loop: a next-generation pointing device

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We came across David Dennis and Simon Bennett at GroundWork Open Source, because they seemed to do something that didn’t entirely make sense. GroudWork is an open source company that released a plug-in for a completely proprietary product – a connector for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, of all things.

Read on to see how they explain this, and how they school us on open source management tools.

• Pulling together various open source monitoring tools into a comprehensive package
• Native capabilities of Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager for limited non-Windows systems
• The impact of tough economic times on software choice by customers
• Contrasting contributions from sysadmins with those from developers
• Benefits to Groundwork of the open source approach
• Drawing from and contributing to the larger open source community
• Choosing components to include in the overall project

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