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OSCON is just around the corner, and in this conversation, we chat with true open-sourcer Edd Dumbill – co-chair of the conference and hacker behind the scenes.

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Comments (0) Posted by scottswigart on Monday, May 31st, 2010

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Video streaming has grown way beyond YouTube and Hulu. Today, broadcasters such as ABC, NBC, and the Comedy Channel are streaming full shows straight to viewers. Netflix is living up to it’s name, and Amazon offers a huge library of movies on-demand. And open-source has moved well beyond the infrastructure layer, with open source video platforms like Kaltura.  In this interview, we chat with Shay David, co-founder of Kaltura.

The rise of video as a key form of web content

The open source projects and business model behind Kaltura

The role of the cloud in the future of video editing

Key vectors for the spread of video content on the web

Solving the format-selection and openness problems of web video

What the future holds for IP-based video

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Comments (1) Posted by scottswigart on Monday, May 24th, 2010

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Replay Solutions makes innovative solutions the help developers troubleshoot and
debug appliciatons. Basically, it lets you record interactions that are
happening in product, play them back in the lab, and figure out what's going on. 
In this interview, we chat with Jonathan Linxu, CEO of Replay Solutions.

The genesis of ReplayDIRECTOR: recording and playback for software

Managing the architectural complexity of simulating multi-level applications

Implementing the test and debug environment, and the results that follow

Handling the economic pressures of being a startup, especially in a down economy

The value of open source in an entrepreneurial setting

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Comments (0) Posted by scottswigart on Monday, May 17th, 2010

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In this interview, we chat with Andy Chou, the chief architect at Coverity, a
company that produces proprietary software analysis products.  In addition,
Coverity has been scanning over 300 open source projects, resulting in more than
11,000 defects that have been fixed by the open source community.

Defining the role of static analysis in the software industry

Targeting static analysis where it can have the most benefit

Interacting with the open source community

The role of automated defect analysis in commercial software development

Areas for future study and development

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Comments (0) Posted by scottswigart on Monday, May 3rd, 2010