Schwartz: Scare Tactics in the World of Open Source

"Not too long ago, I was sitting on a panel at the Churchill Club moderated by John Markoff (of New York Times fame). Joining me on the panel were Charles Phillips, President of Oracle, and Dan Rosensweig, President of Yahoo!. The topics ranged from what it's like working with/around founders, how we balance work/life, leadership styles, etc.

"My favorite question of the evening (and I'm planning on making the session available on my inaugural podcast, stay tuned) related to the world of free and open source software. Markoff asked something to the effect, 'I was just up at Microsoft, where Bill Gates equated open source with communism. How do you respond...?'"

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• CNET News: Sun's Open-Source Gamble(Feb 07, 2005)
• Editor's Note: Red Hat's Not Proprietary, But Issues Exist(Jan 14, 2005)
• OSNews: Jonathan Schwartz: Solaris is the Future of Unix(Nov 30, 2004)