Pete Kronowitt is a Software Strategist in Intel’s Open Source Technology Center and is responsible for developing and managing the worldwide program for Linux operating system vendors. Peter has 20 years in the high-tech sector, with IBM, Xircom and has worked for Intel since 1995. He has led global teams for market and platform roadmap development in the worldwide channel and directed software ecosystem relationships for new Intel platform introductions. Peter has been evangelizing Linux and Open Source within Intel and the industry since 2000, and regularly contributes to Intel's corporate Open Source strategy. Peter has held positions as board observer in JBoss as part of an Intel Capital equity investment, was a founding and Steering Committee member of the Open Business Readiness Rating, and Steering Committee Vice Chair for the Open Source Development Lab Desktop Linux Working Group.Intel's Open Source Technology Center is chartered to enable and optimize open source operat