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Posted March 18th, 2008 by rmorgan

Larry Augustin strives for collaboration.

Augustin and James Vera launched VA Research in 1993 with the hope of providing a Linux-based operating system for personal computers. After the company bought out its biggest rival -- Linux Hardware Solutions -- the company changed its name to VA Linux Systems and went public. After several tumultuous years and the purchase of Andover.net, the company's focus morphed into a worldwide, open source software development network.

Today, the open source developer network is one of the largest, decentralized networks of its kind. Augustin, who is still on the board of directors of the company, now known as "SourceForge," is now a part-time venture capitalist with Azure Capital Partners, where he's on the lookout for what's next in development.

These days, Augustin serves on the advisory board for Appcelerator, a Web application development company that he believes has the opportunity to do for application building what VA Research did for open source software development. He recently spoke exclusively with LinuxInsider about the importance of open source software.

Read the whole article here: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/SourceForges-Larry-Augustin-A-Better-W...