Bob Young is the original founder of Red Hat and the CEO of Lulu.com
Joseph Jacks is the founder and GP of OSS Capital.
Joseph Jacks introduces Bob Young. — 0:25
What are the biggest things you’ve seen change, in terms of the societal response to open source and your views on open source since starting Red Hat? - 1:10
“All software was free, up until 1964.” Bob explains the history of open source and proprietary software, beginning with IBM and Thomas Watson, connecting to his open source discovery in the early 90s. - 2:30
What are the most compelling ways that society, normal people, can understand open source is the way to go? - 6:00
Bob discusses visiting Richard Stallman at MIT and Don Becker to better understand open source in the early 90s and starting to understand how open source works. - 9:00
Bob compares software licensing, open and proprietary, in the context of customers — with a real-world example. - 12:20
What have you been up to since Red Hat? What is Lulu? - 17:10
Bob shares his advice on emails and getting responses, with an anecdote from Linus Torvalds. - 19:15
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