Intel's Open Source Future in Question as Exec Says He's Done Carrying the Competition

An anonymous reader shares a report: Over the years, Intel has established itself as a paragon of the open source community, but that could soon change under the x86 giant's new leadership. Speaking to press and analysts at Intel's Tech Tour in Arizona last week, Kevork Kechichian, who now leads Intel's datacenter biz, believes it's time to rethink what Chipzilla contributes to the open source community. 'We have probably the largest footprint on open source out there from an infrastructure standpoint,' he said during his opening keynote. 'We need to find a balance where we use that as an advantage to Intel and not let everyone else take it and run with it.'

In other words, the company needs to ensure that its competitors don't benefit more from Intel's open source contributions than it does. Speaking with El Reg during a press event in Arizona last week, Kechichian emphasized that the company has no intention of abandoning the open source community. 'Our intention is never to leave open source,' he said. 'There are lots of people benefiting from the huge investment that Intel put in there.' 'We're just going to figure out how we can get more out of that [Intel's open source contributions] versus everyone else using our investments,' he added.

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