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Mar. 28, 2008

Blog: Over at our sister publication, eWEEK, we've just put up a new slide show: 15 Open-Source Business Influencers. It hasn't been up for more than a few hours and I've already gotten some questions about our choices.

So, here are some answers.

First, why isn't Richard M. Stallman, father of GNU software and "free software' on the list? Ah, well, the people who asked this one don't know RMS that well. RMS has never liked the term "open source" or many of its ideas. Without getting into those, suffice it to say that RMS wouldn't want to be on any "open-source" list. Free software, yes; open source, no.

Eric Raymond? Raymond certainly gets a big share of the credit for popularizing open source and Linux, but lately he's been working in the background instead of the foreground.

The same can also be said for the other founder of the OSI (Open Source Initiative), Bruce Perens. Perens is trying to move back into the limelight -- he's currently running a petition to demonstrate that he has the community support needed to get back on the OSI board. If he does make it on the OSI board, then he'll be back to being a player.

Finally, some of you seem to be unaware that former Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik is indeed "former." Family health reasons caused Szulik to step down. I hope that comes out well for him and that he comes back to open source. For now, though, he's not in the picture.

So there you have it, check out the slide show and let me know if you've any other questions or comments.


Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols



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