Testing a web site against multiple browsers has been a long-time challenge of
Web development.  In this interview, Jason Huggins, CTO of Sauce Labs,
explains how the Selenium project makes multi-browser testing much faster.

• The creation of the Selenium web-testing tool
• The Sauce Labs startup around Selenium to run testing on cloud systems
• Automated web testing with Selenium
• Taking Selenium beyond testing into software documentation and marketing
• The revenue and business models of Sauce Labs
• The maturation of Selenium beyond predecessors and into the emerging cloud ecosystem

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In this interview, we talk with Eliot Horowitz, founder of 10gen, which is the
company that created MongoDB.  What's MongoDB? Well, it's an open source,
document oriented, schema free database designed for massive scale and
performance. If that got your attention, then I invite you to read on…

• The evolution of various data models in databases
• Advantages of object-oriented databases in terms of horizontal scaling
• Handling issues when columns are added or deleted between application versions
• Suitability of MongoDB for the cloud
• OS support and usage with MongoDB
• The company (10gen) wrapped around MongoDB
• Community involvement in the development of MongoDB

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DotNetNuke is an extremely successful open source project that targets the
Windows platform and .NET Framework.  In this interview, we talk with Shaun
Walker about bringing DotNetNuke forward from its humble beginnings as a .NET
sample project, to the premier open source content management system for
Windows.

• The beginnings of DotNetNuke and engaging with Microsoft on open source
• Open source development paradigms interacting with proprietary software
• Seeking venture capital and monetizing DotNetNuke
• Response by the community to creating a commercial version
• Overcoming the pressures of a down economy
• Future directions: cloud platforms and improved distribution channels

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