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A lot of chatter on the LMKL (and elsewhere) this week about civility, threats and verbal abuse in the Linux kernel development community. It all started thanks to Sarah Sharp, who asked for a new level of decorum and professionalism.

Linus Torvalds is well known for his use of colorful language on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LMKL) and he's not the only one that uses questionable language that some might considering threatening. For the last 20 years, I can't remember anyone actually standing up to Linus (or the other colorful devs) saying that's just not right -- until today.

The Apache Software Foundation is out with a pair of important updates to its namesake Apache HTTP Server. The new updates are the Apache 2.0.65 and Apache 2.2.25 releases. Of particular note is the fact that the Apache 2.0.65 release is the final release of the Apache 2.0.x line of HTTP server.

In an exclusive video interview with ServerWatch, Dumas detailed some of the challenges her engineering teams faces. She also explained the relationship with the open source MariaDB database and how it will now become part of the extended Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience.

Technology nomenclature is always a 'funny' business. Case in point, the soon to be renamed OpenStack Quantum networking project.

Google has release its latest open source Chrome web browser release. 28.0.1500.71. This is mostly a bug and security fix update - with some very notable bug fixes. While Google has been paying security researchers for flaws for some time, with Chrome 28 Google is really upping the ante with the largest payout in the history of the Google's security bug bounty program for a normal Chrome release.

Linux vendor Red Hat today announced the appointment of former VMware exec Scott Musson as Red Hat's new VP of Global Strategic Alliances. That's a big job and a critical one for the present and future growth of Red Hat.

One of the most exciting aspects of agile code development is the reliance on code sprints to complete certain tasks. It's an approach that works also for documentation.

From the 'Counter-intuitive' files:

Apparently Mozilla officially launched Firefox OS yesterday.

The first Firefox OS powered phones are set to debut - soon - Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica will release the first Firefox OS devices.

Jordan Hubbard, the open source developer that helped to co-found the FreeBSD Project back in 1993 is leaving Apple. Hubbard had been at Apple since 2001 and his most recent title was the Director of UNIX Technology. Mac OS X after all has strong roots in FreeBSD and Hubbard's employment at Apple was a key part of that. Hubbard is now set to join iXsystems as CTO effective July 15th.

In the open source development world, the influence of the Eclipse Foundation cannot be underestimated. While Eclipse started off as 'just' an IDE over the years it has evolved with its coordinated release train effort that sees piles of project all released on the same day. Today is that day.

In recent years, the open source WordPress content management (nee Blog) platform has emerged to become the dominant player in the web CMS space. That's why when there is a security update you should RUN DON'T WALK to patch. WordPress 3.5.2 is out today fixing 12 flaws of varying severity.

In March of 2003, SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM over Unix trade secrets. Ten years later, it's a legal dispute that is still alive. Groklaw - a site that got its start because of the SCO case - and a site that is still very much alive was the first to report on the re-opening of the case.

The Apache Subversion (SVN) open source version control system is out with its 1.8 release today. The new release follows the prior SVN 1.7 releaseby some 20 months and introduces a host of new features for developers. The SVN 1.8 release also helps to further Subversion project answer the question of why to use SVN instead of Git.

At the Red Hat Summit in Boston, I have the distinct honor and privilege of being part of the Red Hat Innovation Awards proceedings. For the second time in the last 8 years, I am a judge (first time I was a judge was in 2005). Red Hat and indeed the technical world is a somewhat different place now but innovation - real innovation - that comes from real people using technology remains rooted in the same core fundamentals to me.

Red Hat is changing its' go to market productization strategy for the open source OpenStack cloud.

The annual Black Hat USA security conference is coming up at the end of July and the hype around big attacks has already started. One of the early hyped talks is about hacking Apple power chargers to infect IOS (iPad,iPhone) devices.

From the 'Open to Code' files:

There a a lot of different metrics to validate the health of an open source project. In my opinion, one of the most critical is the number of different code authors. The open source OpenStack cloud platform this week has crossed a key threshold in that regard, now boasting 1,006 different source code authors (from the period of may 2010 to June 3, 2013).

For more years than I care to count, I read statements and saw Microsoft server events where Bob Muglia declared why Microsoft's server was so good. Muglia no longer works for Microsoft (he moved to Juniper two years ago) and he no longer oversees a software portfolio that is based on Windows either. Juniper, like nearly every other networking vendor on the planet -- uses Linux.

Fedora 19 Linux is not a thought experiment, it's a real Linux distribution and it's now out as Beta.