Interview with Andrea Gallo, Director of the LEG at Linaro

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• published: 14 Nov 2012
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With the news that AMD, Facebook, and HP and more have have joined Linaro (http://www.linaro.org/linux-on-arm) to work on ARM Servers (http://www.linaro.org/news/release/industry-leaders-collaborate-to-accelerate-software-ecosystem-for-arm-servers-and-join-linaro/en/) Amber Graner (http://www.linaro.org/linux-on-arm/meet-the-team/amber-graner/) asked Andrea Gallo (http://www.linaro.org/linux-on-arm/meet-the-team/andrea-gallo/), Director for the newly formed Linaro Enterprise Group otherwise referred to as LEG to join her in this hangout to explain to everyone a little more about LEG and what this exciting news really means. QUESTION: Thank you Andrea for taking time to discuss this newly formed group here at Linaro, but before I ask you to tell people a little bit more about you and what you do as the the Director of LEG could you take a moment to briefly explain - What is ARM--as an architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture) and as a Company(http://www.arm.com/about/index.php)? - What is Linaro(http://www.linaro.org/)? - What LEG (http://www.linaro.org/engineering/leg) is? - Why is LEG being formed now? QUESTION: Now that we know a little more about ARM, Linaro, and LEG can you tell people how your role fits into this group and what your responsibilities are? QUESTION: Andrea what is the the scope of LEG and how is the priority work determined and then completed. Can you describe the work flow? QUESTION: How is this work with LEG is coordinated within the whole of Linaro? The greater ARM ecosystem? The upstream Linux Kernel? QUESTION: In the press release announcing the formation of LEG and its members (http://www.linaro.org/news/release/industry-leaders-collaborate-to-accelerate-software-ecosystem-for-arm-servers-and-join-linaro/en/), benefits to the members include time to market acceleration, lower development costs and access to innovative and differentiated systems which are fundamental to the ARM ecosystem. What are some other benefits members can expect to receive. QUESTION: What are the top three priorities LEG will be focusing on during the next 6 months to a year? QUESTION: In our press release we reference 32 and 64 bit servers, but haven't we as Linaro consistently said the future is with 64 bit servers, why are we also focused on 32-bit? QUESTION: Since we expect initial software delivery before the end of 2012 that doesn't leave much time, but more importantly what does this initial software delivery really mean? QUESTION: Now that LEG has been announced what can members and other Linaro Connect participants expect to see develop at the next Linaro Connect? Will there be a LEG mini-summit? What types of demos could we possibly see? How many of the member organizations do you think or hope will participate? QUESTION: If people want to learn more about LEG where can they find those resources? Website - http://www.linaro.org/engineering/leg Mailing List - linaro-enterprise@lists.linaro.org * subscribe - http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-enterprise * help - linaro-enterprise-request@lists.linaro.org (just add 'help' without the quotes in the subject or body of the email). QUESTION: Andrea is there anything about you, your role, or LEG I haven't asked you about that you would like to tell people about now?