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Recently we podcast with Mark Radcliffe of DLA Piper and Mark suggested we catch up with Andrew Aitken, Managing Partner of the Olliance Group. The connections is that DLA Piper and Olliance co-sponsor what has become an annual gala for movers and shakers in the open source software (OSS) community called the Open Source Think Tank. This year more than 120 CEOs, CIO/CTOs, VCs, attorneys and representatives of Fortune 100 companies met in February to discuss the state-of-the-industry of commercial open source. They also brainstormed individual-company and collective issues affecting the development and deployment of commercial open source.

In our podcast, Andrew discusses some of the most important findings with us. A report is available at the Think Tank's web site and I believe podcasts are planned. Mark Radcliffe (see our podcast with Mark noted above) also has a section in the Think Tank summary report on legal issues.

Andrew has over 18 years senior management experience building and leading national professional services companies. Prior to founding Olliance in 2001, Andrew held positions as VP of Business Development, Corporate Strategy, and Marketing, with technology services providers such as Renaissance Worldwide and eWork.

He has chaired and spoken internationally at multiple industry and government conferences, is a member of the Open Source Software Institute's Board of Directors, SDForum's Board of Directors and Chair of their annual Open Source Conference, and is on the Board of Advisors of SugarCRM, Funambol and Krugle. He has also personally worked with companies such as: IBM, Sun, Intel, Nokia, HP, and others, assisting them with developing their open source strategies.

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