![]() ![]() ![]() As a public company, success as a sponsor means that Linux delivers increased revenue and shareholder value via the hardware and software we sell and the business and technology services we offer. Can you tell us how that ‚Äúsponsorship‚Äù translates into real business results for your company?Ī: If we are a successful sponsor of this open source project, Linux runs very well on top of our hardware and underneath our software, but not to our exclusive advantage. Q: IBM remains high on the list of ‚Äúsponsors‚Äù of the Linux kernel, according to the Linux Foundation‚Äôs recent ‚ÄúWho Writes Linux‚Äù update. Work actively to take Linux to new places it has never gone before (and sorry to channel Star Trek!). From a business perspective, use Linux to complement or enhance your existing or planned offerings. Focus first on your areas of current expertise and gain new expertise by working with other members of the community. As one of the original corporate backers of the technology, what best practices can you share with companies new to the Linux development process?Ī: I‚Äôll quote or paraphrase Eric Raymond and say that companies new to the Linux development process must ‚Äúscratch their own itch.‚Äù That means understanding what Linux does and does not do for them today, and then throwing their efforts into solving the latter issues. Q: IBM has always said that Linux is smart (and big) business. I think anyone would be surprised by that! So Linux has evolved from a one person project to something that runs many of the most mission critical applications around the world. Many would even say that Linux has stayed ahead of those needs. Instead, the community development process and leadership nurtured the operating system so that it has kept up with the needs of all the different kinds of Linux users. What has been your biggest surprise as the technology has matured over nearly two decades?Ī: Linux could have stayed small and appealed to a small group of computer scientists. And, IBM this year is celebrating 10 years of Linux. Q: It has been 18 years now since Linus posted his ‚Äúhobby‚Äù operating system online. So I think virtualization is key to what will foster greater use of Linux in the next decade. When you open all this up to new ways of scheduling and managing applications, clouds emerge. When you combine this with the quality of service offered by mainframes, you get even more benefits. Why? Linux and virtualization increase efficiency, allow consolidation, help reduce power and heat generated, and reduce server footprint. Where is the single biggest opportunity for Linux? Why?Ī: Just one? I think Linux is such a natural for virtualization, both as a host and as a guest, and this will drive Linux even deeper into datacenters. Q: You‚Äôre opening up LinuxCon with the morning keynote on day 1 and will be addressing the cloud, mainframes and the desktop. I caught up with him via email last week. Bob is a well known authority on Linux and open standards (as well as a writer and guitar player), so we‚Äôre extremely pleased to have him speak at LinuxCon. Bob is kicking off LinuxCon with his keynote, ‚ÄúRegarding Clouds, Mainframes, Desktops and Linux,‚Äù and also participating in a panel discussion with Oracle‚Äôs Monica Kumar and Adobe‚Äôs Dave McAllister on Open Standards and Linux. This week it‚Äôs IBM‚Äôs Vice President of Open Source and Linux Bob Sutor. In the run up to LinuxCon, we‚Äôve sat down with a number of the conference‚Äôs keynote speakers. Article Source News and Thoughts from Inside the Linux Foundation ![]()
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