Hiring a well-known free software advocate to oversee efforts to work with
the community is a good plan for any company, but for a company that has
had rocky community relations, it may be essential. VIA Technologies has
done just that, by contracting with Harald Welte to help guide its
strategy to work more closely—and less contentiously—with the
community. We
caught up with Welte at this year's Ottawa Linux Symposium to discuss his
new role. Click below, subscribers only, for the full story.