John and Aaron talk about the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of working with Linux. They also interview Carolyn Cooper about her new article "The No BS Guide To Online Marketing". Carolyn talks about how to survive in the new economy and what it will take to be a successful business within this new economy. After the interview, John and Aaron have a conversation about the future of the internet and Web 3.0.

John talks about his recent trip to visit Michael 'Monty' Widenius (founder and author of MySQL) in Helsinki, Finland. Links: Hacking Business Models John on The Linux Action Show!! GNU General Public License Linux Fest NW!! Music by Shotgun Lab

The podcast starts with Speakeasy suffering a nationwide outage and the client calls to Freelock pour in. John and Aaron talk about the value of free (and "Free") software. John goes in depth about BackupPC and how it can help avoid a data disaster. John also talks about why developers might develop software for free and why some companies might pay for "Free"(i.e. Open Source) software to be developed. Music by ShotgunLab Links: The Cathedral and the Bazaar. BackupPC