Novell's Open Source Rex Talks Linux
It's not all about the code in the Linux ecosystem. Any Linux project needs leadership. Markus Rex is one such leader.
For most of the last year, Rex was the CTO of the Linux Foundation, on loan from his employer Novell. Now, he's back with Novell, where he is responsible for Novell's open source and open platform technologies, including SUSE Linux Enterprise. Rex has been working at SUSE Linux since 1999.
Rex has particular insight into the inner workings of the Linux Foundation, a group that was formed two years ago as a result of the merger between the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) and the Free Standards Group.
The Linux Foundation holds a position of particular importance in the Linux ecosystem with a goal of trying to provide standards, like the recently updated Linux Standards Base 4.0 that are intended to promote application availability on Linux.
In an interview with InternetNews.com Rex discussed what working for the Linux Foundation was like, what he's got in the works at Novell and what challenges he sees on the road ahead for Linux and Open Source.
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