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I would say that we did thin interview because the world needs just one more
"cloud" post, but that's hard to justify.  Still, the cloud seem to be
segmenting into infrastructure as a service (IaaS) providers, and platform as a
service (PaaS) providers.  IaaS (like Amazon Web Services) is basically
virtual machines in the sky, and this differs from traditional hosting because
with a cloud provider, you should be able to start and stop dozens or hundreds
of VMs through an API, and pay only for the CPU hours you use.  PaaS (like
Google App Engine) gives you a framework to code against, and it's a much more
restrictive environment (moving to PaaS is usually a rewrite), but you never
worry about individual machines, patching, or all that Jazz.

In this interview, we explore the concept or layering an arbitrary PaaS
implementation on top of an arbitrary IaaS provider.  Hmmm…

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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | Comments (3) | campsean |


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.

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Monday, October 26th, 2009 | Comments (1) | campsean |


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.

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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 | Comments (0) | campsean |


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.

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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 | Comments (0) | campsean |


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.

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Thursday, October 1st, 2009 | Comments (0) | campsean |


Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Joseph Smarr

In this interview we talk with Joseph Smarr, CTO of Plaxo. In specific, we talk about:

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | Comments (5) | campsean |


Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Michael Hart

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

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Friday, August 28th, 2009 | Comments (2) | campsean |


Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Stephen Lau

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

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Thursday, August 20th, 2009 | Comments (3) | campsean |


Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Paolo Juvara

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

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Saturday, August 1st, 2009 | Comments (1) | campsean |


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Interviewee: Daniel Jacobson

In this interview we talk with Daniel of NPR. In specific, we talk about:

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Monday, July 27th, 2009 | Comments (2) | campsean |


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Interviewee: Stefano Fornari

In this interview we talk with Stefano the CTO of Funambol. In specific, we talk about:

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Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | Comments (1) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Matt Mullenwegr

In this interview we talk with Matt Mullenweg of WordPress and Automattic. In specific, we talk about:

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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | Comments (6) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Denis Lussier

In this interview we talk with Denis. In specific, we talk about:

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | Comments (0) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Ricky Zhou

In this interview we talk with Ricky. In specific, we talk about:

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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | Comments (2) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Krishna

In this interview we talk with Krishna. In specific, we talk about:

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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | Comments (0) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Agostino

In this interview we talk with Agostino. In specific, we talk about:

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Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | Comments (7) | campsean |


Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Liz Danzico

In this interview we talk with Liz. In specific, we talk about:

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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 | Comments (3) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Alexey Rusakov

In this interview we talk with Alexey. In specific, we talk about:

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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 | Comments (1) | campsean |


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Interviewers: Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell

Interviewee: Gwyn Fisher

In this interview we talk with Gwyn. In specific, we talk about:

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Monday, February 2nd, 2009 | Comments (2) | campsean |


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Interviewee: Chris Messina

In this interview we talk with Chris. In specific, we talk about:

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Monday, January 26th, 2009 | Comments (0) | campsean |