“You’d better not bully me or my big brother will beat you up!” – That’s the strategy of the OIN. The Open Innovation Network is a defensive strategy formed out of a business partnership centered around Linux, the members of whom include IBM, Sony, Philips, CentOS, Red Hat, Novell, Fujitsu, and now Cisco and Twitter. [...]

Some clients, upon encountering Linux website hosting, tend to remark that they’re surprised to see a big company running Linux. Being a Free/Open Source Software system, people get the idea that it’s all done by volunteers. Right away they picture some hippies in sandals and tie-dye shirts, flashing peace signs and saying how they’re going [...]