Sun's Chief Open Source Officer,- Wow! I could never think that such corporate position could exist :) Even for Sun, that's the greatest company ever, it's very very nice thing to have. Probably "OS strategist" could be the word near to the official position title? however, the article is here:http://www.sun.com/emrkt/innercircle/newsletter/0906feature.html
Opening Up with Simon Phipps, Sun's Chief Open Source Officer
Here are the questions Sun Inner Circle is asking Simon:
1. You've now been in the chief open source officer position for almost a year. Tell us about your role and its responsibilities.
2. What are some of the challenges that the Open Source Group must confront?
3. Can you tell us which open source business model Sun supports?
4. Broadening the discussion a bit, what are the biggest challenges that open source communities, in general, face today?
5. Is there a particular governance model that seems to work best for open source projects?
6. Can you give us examples of how governance shapes open source projects?
7. There are some people who claim that Sun is delaying the open sourcing of Java technology. Why not just pick a license and be done with it?
8. In the past, you've claimed open source is "connected capitalism." Can you explain what you mean by that statement?
9. Can you give an example of how connected capitalism has an impact on end-users?
10. Speaking of ODF, what are some of the real business needs it addresses?
11. What's the next big open source challenge for Sun?
12. So, how does Sun meet Jonathan Schwartz's open source challenge?
Keywords: Open Source, Simon Phipps, Sun, OS strategy
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