Portland, Oregon is the unlikely capital of a global software revolution. The revolution is called Open Source. And its leader? Linus Torvalds, the reclusive founder of Linux.
Seven years ago Transmeta was the buzz of Silicon Valley -- even though no one knew what the company was up to. Linus Torvalds had gone to work there, but the normally loquacious Finn had clammed up.
In its attempt to conquer the movie world, specialist animators Moving Picture Company (MPC) have turned to an unlikely ally in the form of open sourcing, the concept that is changing the way businesses around the globe are operating.
By and large, Americans are optimists. We like to believe that anything is possible. Conquering polio, traveling to the moon, and creating the World Wide Web are but a few notable examples of the t...
Three years ago, Larry Ellison, CEO of database-software giant Oracle, took the stage during a gala press conference at Radio City Music Hall. Bathed in theater smoke and dramatic purple light as a...
These are interesting times. And no, we don't consider that a curse. The business world that FORTUNE writes about has in recent years become strikingly less stodgy, less predictable, and more reple...
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