Slashdot: InterviewsNews for nerds, stuff that mattersOpen Source Business Model Using Software Patents- March 29, 2008 Joe Barr writes "Robin Miller has an exclusive video interview with Larry Rosen and Fred Popowich this morning on Linux.com about their new open source business model which includes software patents in its DNA. Their motto is 'Free for open source, everyone else pays.' Larry Rosen was once legal counsel for the OSI." Linux.com and Slashdot share a corporate parent.Read more of this story at Slashdot.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/260324555/article.pl Oregon Senate Candidate Steve Novick Answers Your Questions- March 28, 2008 Wow. More politicians (of all parties) need to be as open and thorough as Steve Novick is here. We selected 10 of the questions you submitted and sent them to him by email, and his responses... let's just say that if every candidate spoke out like Steve, we'd have a much clearer view of our choices and would be able to cast our votes a lot more rationally.Read more of this story at Slashdot.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/259708689/article.pl Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate- March 18, 2008 Not many candidates for the U.S. Senate are 4'9" tall and only have one hand. But Oregon Democrat Steve Novick qualifies on both counts -- and uses them as pluses in his TV ads. Like this one, where he shows why he's the best beer-drinking partner among all the candidates. Or this one, where it's obvious why he's for "the little guy." Also, as far as we know, he's the only candidate this year for any major office who has his own brand of beer. And his online campaign manager is a major Slashdot.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/253717320/article.pl Air Force Cyber Command General Answers Slashdot Questions- March 12, 2008 Here are the answers to your questions for Major General William T. Lord, who runs the just-getting-off-the ground Air Force Cyber Command. Before you ask: yes, his answers were checked by both PR and security people. Also, please note that this interview is a "first," in that Generals don't typically take questions from random people on forums like Slashdot, and that it is being watched all the way up the chain of command into the Pentagon. Many big-wigs will read what you post here -- and a...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/250199720/article.pl New Book Cuts Through Violent Video Game Myths- March 7, 2008 Terry Bosky suggests a recent interview from Game Couch with one of the authors of an upcoming book which fights the "myths and hysteria" surrounding violent video games. Dr. Cheryl K. Olson explains how many of the studies linking aggression with video games were flawed or misguided, and she discusses some of her own findings. Quoting: "Until now, the most-publicized studies came from a small group of experimental psychologists, studying college students playing nonviolent or violent games for.http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotInterviews/~3/247642649/article.pl |