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Even Microsoft Can't Compete With Linux Forever
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Says Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation.
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Monday, January 22, 2007:
Two major forces of Linux community -- Open Source Developer Labs and Free Standards Group -- have come together to form Linux Foundation. Here is an exclusive interview of Jim Zemlin, executive director of the newly-formed Linux Foundation, with EFYTimes.
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ET. What is the primary goal of Linux Foundation?
JZ. Linux Foundation's primary goal is to support the next phase of growth and innovation for Linux. The foundation will support this rapid growth by providing a comprehensive set of services - standardisation, legal protections and promotion - that enable Linux to go head to head with closed platforms.
ET. Will it compete with Microsoft directly? If yes, what is the strategy?
JZ. Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium. It doesn't develop, sell or distribute products. The foundation will provide shared resource infrastructure to enable faster Linux platform enhancements and even stronger legal confidence that sustain its growing threat to any competitor.
ET. Microsoft is now pushing a lot through promotions, and that is something Linux was not having. Will you be going out convincing people?
JZ. Promotion is one aspect of Linux Foundation's mission but frankly, the benefits of Linux become more clear to a broader audience everyday. In many ways, Linux speaks for itself. Look at user-friendly distributions such as Ubuntu or the latest desktop versions of Red Hat and Novell. Linux is promoted by many smaller voices joining in a chorus to promote the platform. That is something no company, not even Microsoft, can compete with forever.
ET. Who are the industry majors joining the foundation?
JZ. The LF platinum members include Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell and Oracle. Red Hat is also a member, along with every other major Linux company and organisation.
ET. What is India's contribution to the same?
JZ. Right now, our organisation does not have any formal members in India. However, Free Standards Group has worked with many groups in India and will continue to do so in future. As you may know, I have a fond place in my heart for India as my wife's family is from Karnataka.
Check your chances of meeting Apache guru, Brian Behlendorf.
Swapnil Bhartiya, EFYTIMES News Network
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