Open source agenda setters
Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News October also saw the ninth annual silicon.com Agenda Setters list of the most influential individuals in tech go live - with Apple CEO Steve Jobs being voted number one. For the full... [09 Nov 2009]
Jim Whitehurst
AS Profile Jim Whitehurst arrives in the Agenda Setters list for the first time just under two years after taking over as president and CEO of open source software maker, Red Hat.... [29 Sep 2009]
Marten Mickos
AS Profile Sun has of course since been acquired by Oracle and one Agenda Setters panellist suggested this was due to the presence of MySQL in Sun's portfolio. One of the Agenda... [29 Sep 2009]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Linus Torvalds has only missed out on the Agenda Setters list twice (2006 and 2008) since it started in 2000 and returns in 2009 at a respectable 20, reflecting the continuing importance of... [29 Sep 2009]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes the Agenda Setters top 10 for the sixth consecutive year in 2009 and rises two places from his 2008 ranking as Google continues to expand its product portfolio and influence... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: The top tech Twitterers
Photo Plus there are a number of CTOs displaying their wisdom - including Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco, and Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon - one of silicon.com's top 10 Agenda Setters for 2008. If software... [23 Mar 2009]
Jimmy Wales
AS Profile Jimmy Wales, founder of Wiki Media - and creator of the popular and sometimes controversial user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia - is back on the Agenda Setters list after a year-long hiatus.... [07 Oct 2008]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile No one better typifies the rebellious spirit and creative opportunities of open source than the outspoken Stallman, the Agenda Setters panel agreed. A frequent... [07 Oct 2008]
Jeremy Allison
AS Profile It's his work to remove the barriers to interoperability between these two worlds - a key piece in enabling Linux to become accepted in the enterprise - that earns Allison a spot on this year's Agenda... [07 Oct 2008]
JP Rangaswami
AS Profile But it's the work outside of his day job which propelled this maverick up the Agenda Setters rankings - from 48 last year to 11 this year. One Agenda Setters judge said... [07 Oct 2008]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Despite dropping three places from last year, Eric Schmidt makes it into the Agenda Setters top 10 for the fifth year in a row. Schmidt was singled out once again for his Agenda Setting... [07 Oct 2008]
Aaron Seigo
AS Profile Aaron Seigo earns a spot on the Agenda Setters list for his work on what the panel called the "exciting" open source KDE project. KDE is a desktop environment for... [07 Oct 2008]
Mark Shuttleworth
AS Profile His campaign for ease of use could be just what Linux needs to finally take on Windows and Mac operating systems for everyday users, according to the Agenda Setters panel. Breaking through this barrier... [07 Oct 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Agenda Setters 2007 - Top 20 Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda Setters top 20 by clicking the links below… A statement from the company read: "As the... [26 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet: BBC iPlayer
Cheat Sheet Reflecting the importance of this work, Highfield was voted number five in silicon.com's tech industry Agenda Setters list in 2007. The Open Source Consortium was one of... [05 Mar 2008]
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