http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Bjorn Freeman-Benson In this interview we talk with Bjorn Freeman-Benson. In specific, we talk about: Breadth of projects at the Eclipse Foundation Coexistence between commercial and non-commercial interests The Eclipse plug-in architecture The developer audience and how it influences operations Schedule-driven release cycles as a control process Providing guidance to open ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/06/27/interview-with-bjorn-freeman-benson-director-of-committer-community-at-eclipse-foundation/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Ben Chelf In this interview we talk with Ben Chelf from Coverity. In specific, we talk about: Scanning the worldwide open source code base for vulnerabilities The necessity of automating defect identification Building scalability into code analysis Overcoming the limitations of automatic scanning The hubris of believing too much in ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/06/17/interview-with-ben-chelf-cto-coverity/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Hadar Pedhazur In this interview we talk with Hadar Pedhazur from Opticality Ventures. In specific, we talk about: The investment viability of open source companies Innovation around open source business models Customer value derived from visible source The potential concerns around the open source investment bandwagon Mixed source business models The ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/06/05/interview-with-hadar-pedhazur-ceo-opticality-ventures/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Mark Kortekass In this interview we talk with Mark Kortekaas from CBS. In specific, we talk about: Choosing and implementing technologies for the production environment Relationships with open source communities Tailoring the organization for maximum benefit from open source Building infrastructure for capacity and agility Future-looking, cloud-aware data centers http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/05/21/interview-with-mark-kortekaas-senior-vp-cto-cbs-interactive/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Kevin Kluge In this interview we talk with Kevin Kluge from Zimbra. In specific, we talk about: Zimbra's history and finding a niche Profitability, ownership, and managing commercial products Interacting with the community Source code availability and its impact on the public Managing customer needs and usability http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/05/10/interview-with-kevin-kludge-zimbra/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Wade Olson In this interview we talk with Wade Olson from the KDE project. In specific, we talk about: Background of KDE and comparison to GNOME Ensuring usability in an open source project Managing interoperability among components Impact of commercial acquisition of open source projects Cross-platform support in KDE Reaction to ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/05/02/interview-with-wade-olson-kde/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Leon Shklar In this interview we talk with Leon Shklar - EVP of Media Technology for Reuters. In specific, we talk about: Moving Reuters.com to an open source stack Choosing and supporting open source software Making code changes to open source packages Licenses and governance in open source projects The ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/04/26/interview-with-leon-shklar-evp-media-technology-reuters/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Jim Gettys In this interview we talk with Jim Gettys - VP of Software Engineering on the OLPC project. In specific, we talk about: OLPC base systems software OLPC user-facing software Platform innovation for the developing world Future directions for the OLPC platform Engaging kids with OLPC and open software http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/04/21/interview-with-jim-gettys-vp-of-software-engineering-olpc/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Brad Wilson In this interview we talk with Brad Wilson - Software Developer in Microsoft's OfficeLabs team. In specific, we talk about: CodePlex, the Microsoft open source repository Community participation other than coding Open-source governance at Microsoft Open-source inroads and future at Microsoft http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/04/08/interview-with-brad-wilson-software-developer-officelabs-microsoft/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Jamie Thingelstad In this interview we talk with Jamie Thingelstad - CTO of the Wall Street Journal's Digital Network. In specific, we talk about: Open and closed-source technology stacks at WSJ The technology evaluation process Intersections between open source and commercial entities Security considerations with open and closed platforms The ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/04/02/interview-with-jamie-thingelstad-cto-wall-street-journal-digital-network/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Mitch Bradley In this interview we talk with Mitch Bradley - who was responsible for developing the firmware for the OLPC project. In specific, we talk about: Mitch's history with Sun, FirmWorks, and elsewhere Evolution of One Laptop Per Child Novel hardware in OLPC laptops Propagating technology from OLPC ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/03/27/interview-with-mitch-bradley-firmware-olpc/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Ross Gardler In this interview we talk with Ross Gardler - Service Manager for OSS Watch. OSS Watch is an organization that helps institutions in the UK make decisions in and around open source topics. In specific, we talk about: Different cultures in open source projects Notions ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/03/25/interview-with-ross-gardler-service-manager-oss-watch/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Mike Shaver In this interview with talk with Mike Shaver, Chief Evangelist for Mozilla. In specific, we talk about: Governance of the project and how people get involved Changing contributors who fill key roles Roles of independent contributors versus employees Ensuring high usability in an open-source project Protecting reliability in ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/03/20/interview-with-mike-shaver-chief-evangelist-mozilla/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Marc Frons In this second interview with Marc Frons, CTO for the New York Times digital operations, we discuss the Times use of open source in their infrastructure. In specific, we talk about: WordPress and blogging at the New York Times New York Times investment in open ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/03/12/interview-with-marc-frons-cto-new-york-times-digital-part-2/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Mark Osborne Challenges unique to building developer tools Changes to how Microsoft is now building its developer tools Using "Feature Crews" to build product Predictability, efficiency, and agility in software development Preventing "corner cutting" in development Defining and enforcing quality gates 600 features, and no single development methodology Managing ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/03/04/interview-with-mark-osborne-developer-division-architect-microsoft/ In this interview, we talk to Scott Densmore about Microsoft's CodePlex and the Patterns & Practice's work on the Enterprise Library Version 4: Forking the Enterprise Library How Microsoft product teams are using the CodePlex repository for open-source code. ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/02/20/interview-with-scott-densmore-microsofts-codeplex-and-patterns-practices/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: David Campbell In this interview with David Campbell we talked to him about: How the development methodology of SQL Server has changed. How the changes affect the ability of customers to give feedback. How virtualization makes it easier for users to test-drive SQL Server. As products and open-source projects ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/02/11/interview-with-david-campbell-technical-fellow-microsoft-part-ii/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Justin Erenkrantz In this second part of a two part interview with Justin Erenkrantz we talked to him about: How the Apache project ensures good collaboration. The Apache Foundation's philosphy of having no single person as the leader. Apache's security committee. The process of removing someone from a position ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/01/31/interview-with-justin-erenkrantz-president-apache-software-foundation-part-ii/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Justin Erenkrantz In this interview with Justin Erenkrantz we talked to him about: The Apache Foundation. Project Management Committees and the Apache Foundation. Some of the reasons Jason feels Apache has been so successful. What other open source projects might look to Apache for in terms of inspiration due ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/01/24/interview-with-justin-erenkrantz-president-apache-software-foundation-part-i/ Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Interviewee: Marc Frons In this interview with Marc Frons we talked to him about: His background with the New York Times. Their focus on the LAMP stack and Solaris. What he likes about open source. The ethos of open source and the ethos of a news organization. How pervasive open source ... http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/01/16/interview-with-marc-frons-cto-new-york-times-digital/