:IBM: People in the Open World: Stacey Quandt, Industry Analyst
IBM: People in the Open World: Stacey Quandt, Industry Analyst May 1, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (3761 reads)
"You don't get to make too many mistakes if you want people to buy your advice and opinions. Was it hard to learn enough about Linux to feel comfortable making critical calls on trends and strategies?
"Yes. It was hard at first. In the early days, I spent a lot of time reading. I was printing out just about every news story but the market was less mature in those days so technical data was harder to find. I killed a lot of trees. At Giga there was an attitude of putting ones feet to the fire. So I didn’t have a lot of time to think about how comfortable I was in dispensing advice Web sites such the Linux Documentation Project and LinuxToday helped initially. However, I learned the most from developers in the open source community, and through conferences and trade shows..."
