Sam Jadallah is a general partner at early stage venture firm Mohr Davidow Ventures (www.mdv.com) where he invests in software and services that power emerging communication networks. He sits on the board of Scalix, a messaging infrastructure company based on Linux and Open Systems Architecture. Prior to MDV Sam was managing director of ICG where he led the west coast and Asian operations. Before that Sam spent 12 years at Microsoft where his final position was Vice President Worldwide Enterprise Sales.
It's hard to believe that we have passed the 13th anniversary of Linus
Torvald's humble introduction of "just a hobby" Linux, first posted to the
Web in October 1991. Torvald previewed the OS as a "Minix-lookalike" and
designed for the days when "men were men and wrote their own device drivers."
Like a teenager Linux has come into its own, but its future still holds a
fair amount of growing pains. While the open source community has created a
vibrant and fast-growing ecosystem to support Linux, there is still much work
to do.
As a venture capitalist I have the privilege of meeting regularly with
entrepreneurs and I've seen firsthand the exciting rate of innovation and
change occurring within the Linux ecosystem. Venture investment is flowing
because smart, tireless, and innovative people are doing important work to
build real businesses using Linux. As I see it, the... (more)
Sam Jadallah is a general partner at early stage venture firm Mohr Davidow Ventures (www.mdv.com) where he invests in software and services that power emerging communication networks. He sits on the board of Scalix, a messaging infrastructure company based on Linux and Open Systems Architecture. Prior to MDV Sam was managing director of ICG where he led the west coast and Asian operations. Before that Sam spent 12 years at Microsoft where his final position was Vice President Worldwide Enterprise Sales.
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