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Mark Hinkle is the Vice President of Community at Zenoss Inc. the maker of the open source application, server, and network management software. He also is along-time open source expert and advocate. He is a co-founder of both the Open Source Management Consortium and the Desktop Linux Consortium. He has served as Editor-in-Chief for both LinuxWorld Magazine and Enterprise Open Source Magazine. Hinkle is also the author of the book, "Windows to Linux Business Desktop Migration" (Thomson, 2006). His blog on open source, technology, and new media can be found at http://www.socializedsoftware.com.
Open source software is a
disruptive technology
it's about changing the
status quo. Open source
is rock and roll while
proprietary software is
easy listening. That's
why I always admired
JBoss' Marc Fleury. Marc
was and is a bad boy, a
rebel, and he played the
par...
In the world of open
source software Red Hat's
crossed over from
exciting leader to
respectable elder
statesman. The action is
among the new batch of
up-and-coming open source
software companies who
are not yet venture
backed but are developing
interesting technol...
Is 2008 going to be the
Year of the Acquisition?
Activity in 2007 was on
the rise but now things
seem to be at full speed.
I remember when Alta
Vista and Excite! were
the hot search engines,
my how the world has
changed. It looks like
it's narrowing down to a
two ...
It is with some sadness
that I am writing my last
editorial for Enterprise
Open Source Magazine. As
the founding
editor-in-chief of this
magazine and a past
contributor to its
predecessor, I am going
to miss it. However, all
things must end and this
chapter of my ...
I am very conflicted by
Steve Jobs iPology. You
see I bought the iPhone
on day one. Normally, I
would say they told me
the price, I paid it, and
I moved on no big deal. I
am/was happy that I
purchased the iPhone it's
been a very cool choice
for me. However, when
S...
During my career I have
had the privilege and the
misfortune to be involved
with quite a few nascent
businesses. Some have
been small, with no more
than five or ten
employees. To this day
they still have that many
or less. Others grew from
50 employees to over
10,...
Open source owes its
success to a large group
of people who have a
shared set of values
about which they feel
strongly. Mainstream
society probably lacks
any real understanding of
the things that matter to
them in the world of open
source. It's ironic that
the ter...
There was a time when you
couldn't shut me up about
the Linux desktop. I was
a fanatic. In 2000, I
made the switch to a
full-time virus-free
Linux desktop and weeks
of crash-free computing.
I was a zealot. However,
I did suffer from a few
of the alternative
operat...
I had originally written
an editorial for this
month's issue titled, 'Is
Commercialization Killing
Open Source?' Then I read
William Hurley's blog (ht
tp://talk.bmc.com/blogs/b
log-whurley/whurley/opens
ville). William or as his
friends call him,
'whurley,' is the chie...
Of late there has been a
lot of buzz around what
constitutes open source
software. Industry
leaders and pundits alike
have weighed in on the
'openness' of certain
software and companies'
business models. The
generally recognized test
for open source software
is th...
Blogs are a great
platform for people to
espouse their passions
(not unlike editorials).
They are different than
traditional news outlets
because they may be
objective, opinionated,
and even wrong.
Interestingly enough,
each of these behaviors
is frequently rewarded
equally. 
The other day I was
driving down the highway
when I passed an American
classic, a 1965 Ford
Mustang. As I waxed
nostalgic, I realized
that there will never be
another era in history
where we will appreciate
automobiles like those
produced in the 1950s and
1960s. N...
This has been an exciting
month for proponents of
the Linux server. Two of
the world's largest
software companies have
started to provide Linux
support and services. As
you probably already
know, on October 25,
Oracle announced that
they would be selling
their own...
The Linux desktop
replacing the Windows
desktop in its current
incarnation is both silly
and impractical. As our
applications move to the
network the need to
replicate the Windows
desktop computing
environment on Linux is
unnecessary. 
Let me preface this
discussion with the
disclaimer that I am not
the typical desktop user.
I am technical; I am
mobile and travel
frequently; I support and
use software that runs on
multiple operating
systems; and I am an
incessant tinkerer. Now
that we got that o...
I recently read an
article in the
'mainstream' media that
gave me pause. The author
made an assertion that
the current trend towards
Open Source might just be
a passing fad. I thought
about this and looked
critically at the
software industry,
thinking about whethe...
Paula Hunter is an
industry veteran who has
an extensive background
in Linux and open source.
She was tapped in May of
this year to lead the
U.S. marketing efforts
for Collax
(www.collax.com), a Linux
distribution aimed at
addressing the needs of
the small and med...
First, Internet access
will be the core telecom
service of the future.
Not only will essentially
everyone in the developed
world be connected to the
Internet, but more and
more applications will
migrate to the Internet.
In our homes we will use
a variety of devices ...
In the 1964 Bob Dylan
song The Time's They are
A-Changin' it says, 'Come
gather 'round people,
wherever you roam and
admit that the waters
around you have grown,
And accept it that soon
you'll be drenched to the
bone. If your time to you
is worth savin' then you
b...
Sometimes I worry that I
sound like a broken
record repeating the
phrases Open Source, open
standards, and
virtualization over and
over again like an
obsessive parrot. I
refuse to stray away from
what I believe are some
of the most important
considerations for you...
One of the most touted
benefits of Linux and
open source programs is
their flexibility.
However, as the
popularity of Linux has
grown, some of the
flexibility seems to have
been sacrificed. As
larger Linux vendors have
become more standardized
to support certified...
The benefits of commodity
hardware are well known.
Competition among memory,
storage, and chip
providers has benefited
the consumer and driven
down PC prices. My belief
is that the next big
'open opportunity' is for
the Open Source commodity
laptop. The consumer
w...
As time passes, the base
of Linux users is growing
in the data center,
desktop, and even
embedded electronic
devices. Numbers from
industry analysts point
out that Linux server
shipments have shown
double-digit growth every
quarter for over two
years. In many case...
The thing I like about
Linux.SYS-CON.com is that
most of the authors by
and large practice what
they preach. Every one of
our staff is involved
with a Linux vendor
company, a non-profit, or
is an active user of Open
Source technology.
As many of our readers
already know, all the
editors of LinuxWorld
Magazine have day jobs
where we use Linux and
open source. Some like
Paul Sterne of
Open-Xchange
(www.openexchange.com)
and Jon Walker of Linux
migration specialists,
Versora
(www.versora.com), w...
Where do you go if you
want to discuss Open
Source with some of the
most influential Open
Source leaders in Asia,
Australia, and the rest
of the Pacific Rim?
I'm a poker junkie. Yes,
the game that's been
played at kitchen tables
and on riverboats for the
last 150 years. The game
that American folk hero
Wild Bill Hickok was
playing in Deadwood when
he was gunned down
holding two pairs - aces
and eights - since then
know...
On September 27, Sun
released StarOffice 8,
their cross-platform
office suite, which they
believe to be the best
alternative to the
business standard,
Microsoft Office. This
new product release along
with the release of
OpenOffice.org 2.0, on
October 20, was a
w...
The year is 2015 and I am
sitting at my desk typing
on my 'computer;' I
interact with it through
a holographic projection
of a keyboard etched with
blue-green lasers on my
desktop and a whopping
42' wide image projected
onto my office wall. The
walls are painted wit...
I have spent the last 10
years implementing,
using, and advocating
Linux for a variety of
applications. During that
time I have watched the
steady progression of
Linux, gaining success as
a server, desktop, and
embedded operating
system. The facts are
indisputable...
Tulane University is home
to the Center for
Computational Science
(CCS), a unique facility
designed to provide
computational resources
for research projects
across many disciplines.
The Center provides an
infrastructure for
investigators interested
in computationa...
There is a new facet in
the debate between open
source and Microsoft,
pitting the flexibility
of open source against
the tight integration of
Microsoft technologies.
One camp claims that
integration is the key
for ease-of-use and
consequent cost-savings
from reduc...
Mark Twain once said,
'The coldest winter I
ever spent was a summer
in San Francisco.'
However, the sun was
shining and it was
beautiful the week of
August 8th in the Golden
Gate city for IDG's
semi-annual U.S Linux
event. As Linux continued
into the mainstream,
...