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At the Heart of the Open-Source Revolution: Interview with Mitch Kapor

Posted by TimSlavin at January 17, 2005

"Having made his fortune during the heyday of proprietary software, the 54-year-old Kapor finds himself at the forefront of two foundations devoted to open-source software development. He is both president and chair of the OSAF and chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, the group founded by Netscape Communications to develop its browser and later spun off by Netscape acquirer AOL Time Warner.

The goal of the foundations isn't to create a new killer app but rather to use the open-source development model to dislodge Microsoft's Web-browsing and e-mail software titles from their dominant market positions."

Thoughtful interview from CNET provides the basic ideas and history of open source, why it matters, where it might be headed. Kapor also has an excellent description of why open source matters to business on his weblog.
URLs:

http://news.com.com/At+the+heart+of+the+open-source+revolution/2008-7344_3-5519612.html


http://blogs.osafoundation.org/mitch/000815.html#000815

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