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Peter Wayner Interviews Lawrence Lessig
The InternetPosted by timothy on Wednesday January 16, @12:15PM
from the names-are-familiar dept.
You may remember Peter Wayner as the author of the Slashdot-reviewed books Free for All and Disappearing Cryptography (Version 2 due this spring); he's also the author of seven other books. Wayner recently inteviewed Stanford's Internet and legal luminary Lawrence Lessig; their conversation is below. Lessig touches on some ground familiar from his recent Slashdot interview, but also explores a few issues you may not have heard him delve into before.

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Rik van Riel on Kernels, VMs, and Linux
LinuxPosted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday January 15, @10:23AM
from the stuff-to-read dept.
Andrea Scrimieri writes " An Interesting interview with Rik van Riel, the kernel developer, in which he talks about the Linux's VM, particurarly about his own implementation (which was recently adopted in Alan Cox's tree). With some controversy towards Linus Torvalds. "

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Talk to Sun's 'Open Source Diva'
Sun MicrosystemsPosted by Roblimo on Thursday January 10, @11:00AM
from the pushing-nudging-cajoling dept.
Danese Cooper is Manager of Sun's Open Source Program Office. A Google search on Danese turns up more than 1000 results. She's a frequent speaker at IT industry events and conferences, and is, without question, Sun's staunchest internal Open Source advocate. Sun is moving toward Open Source in fits and starts, and Danese is behind a lot of that motion. Feel free to ask her anything you want (one question per post. please) about the trials and tribulations of being an Open Source person within a company that hasn't yet fully grasped the concept, and how she goes about trying to change that. We'll post her answers to 10 of the highest-moderated questions within the next week or so. The only question she can't answer is whether/when Java might be Open Sourced. I already asked her, and she replied, "Sadly, I have no news on that..."

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Lawrence Lessig Answers Your Questions
PrivacyPosted by timothy on Friday December 21, @02:15PM
from the post-on-your-local-church-door dept.
You asked Stanford Law professor, author and general voice of reason Lawrence Lessig some great questions about rights, law, and the electronic world. Lessig has has gotten back with some fittingly thoughtful answers -- some optimistic, some discomfiting, some biting. Read on to find out what he's got to say.

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Is Video Game TV Closer That You Think?
GamesPosted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 20, @10:16AM
from the can-you-do-picture-in-picture-w/-your-ps2 dept.
Gamer Bitch X writes "Someone's trying to launch a gaming news channel (G4) and someone else is there to chat 'em up. From an interview at UGO where they ask if G4 were to feature a McLaughlin Group-style show, who would be your ideal panel and host?" CEO from G4: "Shigeru Miyamoto, Alexey Pajitnov, Chun Li, Will Wright and Max Payne , hosted by Bart Simpson (I still love him from my Fox Network days)." Okay, I take it back. If the above were true, I'd watch this in a heartbeat!" Riiight. I wouldn't mind seeing a few real shows about video games, but I'd want it hosted by Old Man Murray. It'd be nice just to quickly see video clips, but somehow I doubt that it could be done with integrity. I imagine a video game network being more like an infomercial channel, and well, yuck.

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MS Oversight Committee Hopeful Stephen Satchell Answers
MicrosoftPosted by Roblimo on Monday December 17, @12:01PM
from the it's-sad-that-a-big-grown-up-company-needs-babysitters dept.
How great is Stephen Satchell's chance of being named to a court-ordered Microsoft oversight committee, assuming such a thing actually gets set up? And how much influence will a Slashdot interview have on the people who make those appointments? Probably not much, but Satch sure did a thorough job of answering your questions about how he'd behave if selected, and why he feels he's qualified.

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Talk to the Man Who Wants to Oversee Microsoft
MicrosoftPosted by Roblimo on Thursday December 13, @12:00PM
from the we-almost-put-this-in-the-humor-department dept.
Imagine "campaigning" for a job that doesn't exist, may never exist, and is sure to be full of heartburn for anyone who takes it on. Stephen Satchell is a self-declared candidate for the three-person committee the Feds might appoint to ensure Microsoft's future good behavior. Satch is certainly qualified; he's been online nearly forever, he's worked with computer operating systems darn near as long as computers have had operating systems, and he's certainly not afraid to speak his mind. But even the best-qualified job candidates need to be interviewed before they are chosen, and Satch has consented to have Slashdot readers conduct the initial interview in this hiring process. One question per interviewer, please. We'll email him 10 of the highest-moderated questions, and post his answers next week.

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Miguel de Icaza Interview on MSDN
XimianPosted by chrisd on Thursday December 13, @02:37AM
from the what's-a-nice-coder-like-you-doing-in-a-place-like-this dept.
twigman writes "MSDN has an interview with Ximian CTO Miguel de Icaza about Mono and past Ximian projects. It's a surprisingly objective discussion, definitely worth a read." Of course we're not surprised Miguel is objective...

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Ask Lawrence Lessig About Life And Law Online
The InternetPosted by timothy on Tuesday December 11, @01:00PM
from the voice-of-reason dept.
Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School, and before that of various other places, is one of the best-known voices in the world of electronic freedoms. Lessig's new book, The Future of Ideas, is the latest work of many in his efforts to illuminate and create a freer world online. Lessig has agreed to answer your questions; please be courteous by limiting your questions to one per post.

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Free Software And Its Revolutionary Social Implications
GNU is Not UnixPosted by timothy on Tuesday December 11, @04:22AM
from the ideas-to-argue-about-over-coffee-and-beer dept.
Jizzbug writes: "OpenFlows has an interesting interview with Stefan Merten (of Oekonux in Germany) on the implications of Free Software in regards to social change (for the better). It'd be interesting to see what kind of famous Slashdot flamewar will erupt in response to the ideas set forth in this interview. Those in the audience that are freethinking and not jingoistic should find this a very enlightening and entertaining read."

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