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Free and Open Source as Viewed by a Processor Developer
Intel designs, builds, and markets microprocessors. We are often viewed as being downstream of the work done by the closed source programming community. In fact, however, long before the term "free and open source" was coined, Intel was working to develop, release, and support software for many of the devices we and other firms design and manufacture. This talk highlights how Intel successfully utilized open source to support industry progress while fulfilling our own strategic corporate objectives.
Our experiences with being "good citizens" were not easy and did not "just happen." We hope that others can learn from both our successes and our failures and take these ideas back to their own firms. I will highlight areas where we at Intel learned from our missteps, ultimately improving our community standing.
The talk does not just look back: some of our open source projects initiated in the past twelve months will be examined, as we believe many in the audience will find them interesting and, we hope, will consider helping improve them.
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author = {Peter Kronowitt},
title = {Free and Open Source as Viewed by a Processor Developer},
year = {2008},
address = {Boston, MA},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}
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