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The power base of Linux
News When Stuart Cohen signed on as chief executive of Open Source Development Labs in April, he didn't think so much of his time would be occupied with the actions of a small Utah-based company called the SCO Group.
[January 22, 2004, 9:35]
Linux lab cuts staff and focuses on legal work
News Chief executive Stuart Cohen resigned to pursue opportunities with higher-level open-source software, and nine employees in technical and administrative roles lost their jobs, said Mike Temple, Open Source Development Labs' chief operating officer...
[December 6, 2006, 14:09]
OSDL in programmer cull
News The group cut nine of its 57 staff and contractor positions, chief executive Stuart Cohen confirmed Monday. And "substantially more than half our employees are engineers", Cohen said. We want to be the place where the users, the vendors and the...
[May 24, 2005, 9:15]
OSDL says patent threat to Linux is receding
News Speaking as the OSDL launched the Patent Commons — a scheme where technology firms can pledge patents to the open source community — Stuart Cohen said he was confident that patent warfare would not break out over Linux.
[November 16, 2005, 14:45]
OSDL gives Microsoft the cold shoulder
News The offer, made by Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy Martin Taylor to the head of the OSDL Stuart Cohen, would have seen the pair working together to create what Microsoft termed "fact-based, independent" research into which of the...
[August 31, 2005, 9:35]
SCO was the 'best thing that ever happened' to Linux
News Speaking at Queen Mary, University of London, on Monday night, Open Source Developer Labs chief executive Stuart Cohen said the lawsuits were "the best thing that ever happened to Linux". Cohen, who heads the organisation that employs Linus...
[March 10, 2005, 9:45]
Linux creator nets Economist honour
News Torvalds was unable to make it to the award ceremony in San Francisco, but Stuart Cohen, chief executive of the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL), picked up the award on his behalf. Cohen said that the Economist award recognises that Linux, led by...
[September 16, 2004, 16:30]
Linux lab urges GPL clarification
News FSF attorney Eben Moglen met members of a committee of corporate powers on Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago, said OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen. There, they raised an issue that OSDL has heard about from many concerned parties, Cohen said: how...
[September 21, 2006, 10:35]
OSDL to push Linux for mobiles
News Stuart Cohen said. Beijing, in the country where much mobile phone research and development takes place, Cohen said. ODSL's Cohen said the three groups are working closely together to sidestep turf problems.
[October 17, 2005, 9:35]
Industry group fights SCO with Linux education
News Recent public criticism of the Linux development process shows a lack of understanding as to the rigour imposed by Linus [Torvalds] himself and the development community at large," said OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen, in a statement.
[November 27, 2003, 13:05]
Linux lab hires heavy hitters
News What we are really looking to accomplish is to become recognised as the centre of gravity for Linux," OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen said in an interview. OSDL is in talks with Sun Microsystems, Oracle, SAP and Novell, Cohen said.
[July 3, 2003, 8:59]
OSDL boss hints at Microsoft collaboration
News Stuart Cohen, OSDL's chief executive, claimed that it was quite likely that Microsoft would begin developing applications to run on open source platforms in the near future. Cohen added that proprietary software development was enormously important...
[July 11, 2005, 18:15]
So... is the open source model broken or not?
Blog The original article actually says "the open-source business model that relies solely on support and service revenue streams is failing to meet the expectations of investors", and it's by Stuart Cohen, CEO of Collaborative Software Initiative, and...
[December 4, 2008, 9:03]
Linux lab wants non-tech members
News The lab has been trying to broaden its membership to include those who use technology instead of just those who create and sell it, part of an attempt to gain a better understanding of what features are needed in the open-source operating system...
[July 25, 2003, 10:34]
Linux 'infringes 283 patents' - insurance group
News Linux programmers will sidestep any patent infringement problems that arise, said Stuart Cohen, chief executive of Open Source Development Labs, a Linux consortium that employs Linux leader Linus Torvalds.
[August 2, 2004, 8:40]
Saving Linux from the lawyers
News Cohen to find out the wider aims of the project. With some activists claiming that the whole concept of patent pledges is misguided, ZDNet UK spoke with OSDL chief executive Stuart Concern has grown over the past year that Linux could be under...
[November 21, 2005, 10:05]
Torvalds gets legal protection force
News SCO subpoenaed Torvalds and OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen on Wednesday in the case. The Open Source Development Lab will pay its law firm to represent Linus Torvalds, the Linux operating system founder and leader who this week was subpoenaed in...
[November 14, 2003, 10:05]
Chinese firm joins open-source group
News With the tremendous momentum for Linux in China, we're excited that Co-Create is joining OSDL as our first Chinese member," OSDL chief executive Stuart Cohen said in a statement. Open-source software development in China is likely to get a boost...
[February 2, 2004, 9:25]
OSI targets licence cull
News He said he has asked OSDL CEO Stuart Cohen to work with the OSI to address the problem. The Open Source Initiative is devising ways to cut down the rising number of open source licences, as the issue of licence proliferation slowing the spread of...
[February 18, 2005, 10:25]
Does Microsoft's Novell pact mean war on Linux?
News But it's a great first step," said Stuart Cohen, chief executive of a multi-company Linux consortium, the Open Source Development Labs. Microsoft on Thursday declared a "patent peace" with Novell, the number-two Linux seller.
[November 6, 2006, 8:57]
