Q&A with Joe Brockmeier at Novell
If you read the Linux section of the Neowin forums recently, you will know that Neowin was recently given the opportunity for a Q&A session with Joe Brockmeier. Also known as Zonker, Joe has been using Linux since 1996 and currently works as the openSUSE Community Manager at Novell. I had a few questions of my own, but found the best questions came from our members.
What first got you interested in using Linux?
I first discovered Linux with Slackware 96. I was interested in learning about Linux because it was Unix-like, but the licensing meant it was affordable (free to download, and cheap to buy on CD-ROMs, which was important when I was a college student) and generally appealing.
At the time, I wanted to learn how to administer a *nix system with Apache, with the idea that I'd be able to work in Web publishing later on. I was studying English and Journalism, and wanted technical skills to back up my writing. That seemed to work out, in the end.
Along the way, I've become fascinated by the Linux and FOSS community. The fact that so many people, from different backgrounds and even competing companies, can work together so well is a real inspiration to me and I hope a model that other industries might learn from.
Also: Open Source Matures: Podcast with Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
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