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Bill Claybrook
Bill Claybrook is President of New River Marketing Research, a marketing research firm that focuses on Linux, open source software, and commercial grid computing. He performs primary research and helps marketing organizations plan for new product offerings and develop go-to-market strategies, as well as develop marketing analysis content. Prior to entering commercial computing and marketing research, he was Associate Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech and the University of Connecticut, as well as Professor of Software Engineering at the Wang Institute of Software Engineering.

The Open Source Business Conference
Matt Asay, the founder of the Open Source Business Conference, discusses his views on the conference and open source businesses and products. Matt works at Novell as director, Open Source Strategy. Prior to Novell, he worked with Lawrence Lessig at Stanford and subsequently at Lineo.
Making Linux the Overwhelming Choice for Application Developers and Users
LWM's senior contributing analyst, Bill Claybrook, spoke with Jim Zemlin, executive director, Free Standards Group, about the Linux Standard Base, the support it has received in the community, and the importance of having an operating platform that is not only ope...
Exclusive Linux.SYS-CON.com Interview: Where Is Sun Going with Linux?
Linux.SYS-CON.com's senior contributing analyst, Bill Claybrook, spoke with John Loiacono, executive vice president of Sun Microsystem's Software Group about his new job, and what he has in store for Sun's Linux strategy.
Black Duck Software
LWM's senior contributing analyst, Bill Claybrook, spoke with Doug Levin (CEO and president), Palle Pedersen (CTO), and Karen Faulds Copenhaver (executive VP and general counsel) of Black Duck Software in Waltham, MA, about the company and their role in helping Li...
Linux Standard Base: Enough Support?
Ask some end users what Linux Standard Base (LSB) is and most likely they either won't know anything about it, or know a little bit but not enough to qualify as understanding what all the buzz around LSB is about. Ask three ISVs and only one will likely understand...
The Business Value of Open Source
What is open source? It is a way of developing, distributing, and licensing software. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, the roots of open source as we know it today were established.
Linux Is Being Kicked Around: Why?
'The real battle between Linux and Windows has not taken place,' in the opinion of analyst Bill Claybrook. 'We are in a staging position on that one,' he writes. 'In two or three years, when UNIX begins to drop even more market share, Linux and Windows will begin a ...
Sun Open Sources Solaris...Again!
'Few will care if Solaris/x86 is open sourced,' believes Bill Claybrook. Here's why: 'For the open source community to enthusiastically work on the Solaris source code and collaborate with Sun to improve the software, they must have an interest in Solaris/x86. T...
What About the Linux End Users?
If Linux were a proprietary operating system, then companies such as Gillette and Staples who might want to use Linux to run mission-critical applications would make any queries or requests to the vendor. But who looks after them in the Linux world, asks Dr. ...
"Novell's on a Roll," Says Bill Claybrook
Former Aberdeen analyst Bill Claybrook reviews the two important Linux-related announcements made this week by Novell.


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