This year at the SC06 show in Tampa, there was an interesting panel discussion about the commercialization open source software. Organized by the SF Bay Area Beowulf Users Group and the Baltimore Area Beowulf Users Group, the panel included, Donald Becker, CTO of Penguin Computing and Beowulf cluster co-inventor, Thomas Sterling, Faculty Associate, Center for Advanced Computing Research, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Beowulf cluster co-inventor, Mike Fitzmaurice, HPC Technologist at GTSI Corp. and founder of the Baltimore Area Beowulf Users Group.

ClusterCast is thrilled to kick-off our site with this esteemed panel which is moderated by our very own Podcaster and Cluster Monkey, uhm, Douglas Eadline. While many people think the concept of open source and commercialization are incompatible, the panel provides some good insights into why commercial open source software is not only a good idea, but a better model for selling and using software. Have a listen. For those who are interested, you can find a picture of the panel on ClusterMonkey.

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