Stuart Cohen Quotations

We believe that the Mobile Linux Initiative will create the ideal forum where device manufacturers, network operators and developers can focus specifically on Linux and open source applications to move mobile handsets to the next level of functionality and profitability,

Universities are fighting for the best and brightest, and if you put stumbling blocks in the way of recruiting, people are not going to come here.

For too long, special interest groups have attacked the manageability of Linux, and fueled the F.U.D. that Linux environments are somehow more difficult or labor-intensive to manage than Windows environments. In fact, Linux system management tools are in many cases outpacing Windows management tools.

We're preparing as if we're getting a Class 4 hurricane, checking equipment, supplies, generators, communications, backup communications capabilities, phones and pagers, ... Our normal disaster recovery procedures are in place.

We look forward to working closely with CA as well as IBM and the other leaders in this area as we develop a trusted vehicle and database for administering and encouraging donations to the burgeoning patent commons in which we all have a stake.

Linux provides mobile device manufacturers with a powerful platform and unmatched inter-operability, to deliver new capabilities in advanced handsets. In much the same way that the OSDL Carrier Grade Linux working group helped accelerate Linux adoption in telecommunications network infrastructure, we believe that MLI will create the ideal forum where device manufacturers, network operators and developers can focus specifically on Linux and open source applications, to move mobile handsets to the next level of functionality and profitability.

Linux is legally sound, provides bottom-line business value and technical superiority,

We hope that there are tens and hundreds more companies that will pledge patents to open source in the future.

We're delighted to see CA, one of the world's top software producers, take a leadership position on the critical issue of software patents to encourage the growth of the patent commons on behalf of the users and developers of open-source software.

Virtually every Web server in the world runs on Linux, ... Now people are looking at, how do I get the same financial savings in other areas of my business?

We are not providing legal advice. We're not translating what the pledges mean. We're not going to put our opinion on it.

The Project is focused on documenting the growing number of pledges and other legal solutions directed at the software patent issue, so that developers can innovate and collaborate as free as possible from litigation.

The project is designed to increase the utility and value of patent pledges and promises in the past year by providing a central repository where intellectual property can be held for the benefit of all. Our goal is to make it easier for developers and industry to take advantage of the good works of vendors, individuals, and organizations who may wish to pledge patents and intellectual property in support of the community.

We paid them on a time-and-materials basis to do the work, and I just know they're going to turn around and tell me that it's going to be time and materials to finish the work.

we wanted the vendor to own the whole issue. At this very late date, we didn't want to risk that the patch would create some profound change to the operating system.

With his knowledge of the Linux and open source marketplace, Dave can help OSDL deliver on its mission of bringing together industry, developers and customers to advance Linux,

E-mail is the primary source of viruses. So cutting off e-mail before midnight seems prudent.

The testing that we have done on systems has not revealed any problems before, so the nature of the noncompliance is likely to be very minimal. It's probably not a feature of the operating system that is used by the application.

Companies need to maintain continuous access to vital information, and security is always a primary concern, especially on wireless networks. The technology partnership between Padcom(R) and RSA Security provides a valuable and secure connectivity solution to end users and we are pleased to continue the momentum of the RSA Secured Partner Program with the addition of Padcom(R).

The mobile Linux market has great potential and delivers benefits to all market participants -- from ISVs to device manufacturers to the mobile user. An offering, such as the Access Linux Platform, that incorporates and supports mobile Linux standards, can only help foster the growth of this market.

There was a tremendous price-performance gain when people transitioned to Linux for the telecom equipment manufacturers. Now people are looking for that in the mobile area,

All our efforts indicated we were making good progress.

The addition of Forum Systems to our RSA Secured Partner Program further validates our ability to help customers achieve faster time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership through certified interoperability with industry leading products. As the implementation of Web Services and service-oriented architectures continue to drive new revenue opportunities, Forum Systems plays an important role by enabling enterprises to achieve a higher ROI through real-time business process integration and automation.

If making these patents available in a single library accelerates the use of open source software and spurs innovation... separate and distinct from that is the whole patent reform issue.

In some ways, people get so used to BART being on time or close to on time that it becomes headline news when it's late.

In addition to hands-on technology and product marketing expertise, Dave brings important relationships across the technology industry.

The handset manufacturers' deeply embedded requirements are...not making their way back into the kernel,