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Dirk Hohndel

As VMware’s former Chief Open Source Officer, Dirk led the company’s Open Source Program Office, directing the efforts and strategy around use of and contribution to open source projects and driving common values and processes across the company for VMware’s interaction with the open source communities. Before joining VMware, Dirk spent almost 15 years as Intel’s Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist. Before that, among other roles, he worked as Chief Technology Officer of SuSE and Unix Architect of Deutsche Bank. Dirk has been an active developer and contributor in Linux and open source since the early 1990s. He was one of the early Linux kernel developers and has contributed to several dozen open source projects over the years.

Author's Posts

News & Events

Another Dimension of Being Open

As VMware’s Chief Open Source Officer, I spend my time thinking about and interacting with — no surprise — open source software and the people...

Dirk Hohndel
October 12, 2021
Features

History of Open Source and Free Software: Dirk & Swap: Conversations on Open Source

Dirk Hohndel
October 20, 2020
Projects

Why Open Governance Is Important for Open Source | Dirk Hohndel & Swapnil Bhartiya

Dirk Hohndel
October 13, 2020
Projects

Dirk Hohndel Talks Open Source for Scuba Diving

Dirk Hohndel
April 21, 2020
Features

VMware's Dirk Hohndel: Why Container Security Has No Easy Answers

Dirk Hohndel
December 3, 2019
Features

No Matter What You Call It, Enterprise Software Must Put the Customer First

Dirk Hohndel
June 4, 2019
News & Events

A Consistent Approach to GPLv2 Compliance

Dirk Hohndel
July 16, 2018
Community

Stepping It Up

Dirk Hohndel
April 18, 2017
Community

Project, Process, and Product(ion)

Dirk Hohndel
February 28, 2017
Community

What to Expect from an Open Source Project

Dirk Hohndel
February 21, 2017

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