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Here at the Red Hat Summit...

I've been spending most of this week attending the Red Hat Summit and JBoss World event here in Chicago. The energy level is really high amongst the attendees; working in and utlizing Open Source has a very strong momentum.

It's been a busy few days for Red Hat, and they are taking advantage of having everyone here by making a few big announcements.

A Merlot, a Malbec and a Moblin

Last week, a few of us were talking about future Moblin OS releases, and we were just having fun and starting talking about our wish list for code name "themes".  You know, this is when a series of products are given code names before their real names go on, and the code names follow a certain pattern.

For example, releases of Microsoft Windows used to be named for cities in the US (Memphis, Chicago) and then switched to ski areas (Whistler, Longhorn, Blackcomb).

Surviving Hell Week

Last week, most of my friends didn't hear much from me, both online and in reality. That's because I had one of those fun times when the big bosses come in and ask the team to deliver something special very quickly, above and beyond our usual commitments. These are pretty normal in our line of work, but I was shocked by how gobsmacked I got by it.

Open Source Cloud Computing Frenzy

I recently wrote a post about open source software and cloud computing, but in the past week, there has been a frenzy of activity and conversations about open source in the cloud. Red Hat's Cloud Computing Forum on July 22nd seems to have kick started a wave of new conversations about the role of open source in cloud computing.

Virtualization Trends and Open Source

With Gartner putting virtualization in the number 1 spot of their Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2009, virtualization has been getting quite a bit of attention. I tend to think about server virtualization, which is where most of the buzz has been, but part of Gartner's reason for putting it at the top of the list is because they also see virtualization in storage and client devices growing rapidly along with server virtualization.

Moblin - the Web2.0 OS - and on getting heckled

I gave a chalk talk yesterday on Moblin at OSCON 2009, the Open Source Convention in San Jose. This was a no slides white-board chat about what's cool in Moblin, where is the future going, and what are the ways people can collaborate and participate.

I touched on some of the high points of what makes Moblin great as an OS design *for* netbooks, rather than adapted to them as an afterthought. I had one heckler yell at me from a neighboring booth (more on this later) and shared my little epiphany about Web 2.0 and Moblin.

    You show me mine, I'll expo you yours, OSCON


    Why do I love the show floor at conferences? It's almost impossible to have a reasonable conversation with the poor folks doing booth duty. Often this is because they might not be working in the area that you are interested in, or the noise level is just too high to have a good talk.

    Sadly, I am addicted to technology, and the show floor is a great place for a quick fix.

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