Jon Hall: Open Source Should Be Protected From 'looters'
News The open-source development community is an international treasure and should be protected as such, said veteran Linux advocate Jon "Maddog" Hall, in a talk in Birmingham that emphasised the role of open-source software outside the US.
[June 24, 2003, 11:45]
Comdex: Will The Penguin Go Hand In Hand With Bill?
News Hero of the Linux community Jon "maddog" Hall gave a typically rousing speech to devotees gathered at the Comdex show in Las Vegas Monday and dismissed the threat of Microsoft's latest service .Net. Microsoft's vision for rent-as-you-go software...
[November 14, 2000, 8:49]
Mesh Networking Embraces Open-source Telephony
News Earlier this month, Linux advocate Jon 'Maddog' Hall predicted that the market for open-source voice-over-IP (VoIP) services would be bigger than the Linux market. I predict that over next three years, VoIP using an open-source solution, such as...
[October 27, 2004, 12:55]
Open-source VoIP 'will Be Bigger Than Linux'
News Jon 'Maddog' Hall, the president of open-source organisation Linux International, told the LinuxWorld Expo in London on Wednesday that open-source voice-over-IP (VoIP) will be bigger than Linux. I predict that over next three years, VoIP using an...
[October 6, 2004, 13:55]
IBM: Open Standards Hold Key To Dynamic E-business
News The head of Linux International, Jon Hall, ended the keynote sessions by talking up Linux and taking several shots at Microsoft. While all software has bugs, users need fixes for those right away so they can move forward, something open source...
[August 16, 2001, 10:36]
Yankee Group Slams 'Linux Extremists'
News Jon 'Maddog' Hall, the president of Linux International and a leading open source advocate, said at the LinuxWorld conference in London last year that one of the great aspects of the open source community is its willingness to help others.
[April 7, 2005, 13:00]
SGI Takes On Linux Evangelist 'Maddog'
News At SGI, Jon "maddog" Hall will continue his company-neutral role as executive director of Linux International, said Paul McNamara, SGI vice president of products and platforms. SGI is sponsoring Hall the way VA Linux Systems and Compaq have done in...
[October 4, 2002, 16:01]
Linux Luminaries To Judge Euro Open Source Awards
News These are to include the founder of the Linux operating system Linus Torvalds, the director of Linux International Jon "maddog" Hall and chief technical officer for SuSE Linux, Dirk Hohndel. Heavyweight Linux programmers are to award European...
[October 17, 2000, 8:10]
Malaysia Reaffirms 'strategic Role' Of Open Source
News Speakers included Jon "Maddog" Hall, president of Linux information group Linux International as well as David Axmark, co-founder of open-source database software firm MySQL. The Malaysian government has repeated its support for the use and...
[August 28, 2003, 8:50]
LinuxWorld: Getting CEOs To Consider Linux
News While seminar samples were unavailable at this moment, they will feature Linux luminaries such as Eric Raymond, head of the Open Source Initiative; Jon "Mad Dog" Hall, executive director of Linux International; and Jeremy Allison, one of Samba's...
[August 12, 1999, 10:34]
Linux Hackers Converge In Australia
News Speakers at the conference include Andrew Tridgell, the creator of Samba -- an open-source Windows-compatible file and print server product for Unix systems, Jon "maddog" Hall, the executive director of Linux International, former Debian project...
[January 6, 2004, 9:30]
CeBIT 2000: What's Hot At This Year's Show
News Demonstrating just how far Linux has come in the last year, on Monday 28 there will be a special presentation entitled "The World of Linux" by none other than executive director of Linux International, Jon "Maddog" Hall.
[February 21, 2000, 8:50]
