Dirk Hohndel posts - The Open Road

August 2, 2007 3:28 PM PDT

Dirk Hohndel

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I bumped into Dirk Hohndel, Intel's Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist, at OSCON last week and started probing him on Intel's open-source activities. As it turns out, for a hardware company, Intel writes a heck of a lot of software. Dirk and I found time to talk about Intel's open-source involvement in depth. This interview was born.

I've known Dirk for a few years, first bumping into him at OSBC 2004. He was annoyed with the WiFi (or lack thereof), and set about to fixing it. He did, and gained immediate respect from me for that feat. I've been an admirer ever since.

In this interview, Dirk goes deep and broad in his analysis of Intel's open-source activities. Read on for more....

Topics:: Development,; Licensing,; Strategy

Tags:: Dirk Hohndel,; Intel,; open source

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