cast ▁from ▁the ▁T W i T ▁Network . ▁The ▁show ▁premier ed ▁on ▁April ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁and ▁features ▁inter views ▁with ▁prominent ▁guests ▁from ▁the ▁free ▁software / open ▁source ▁community . ▁It ▁was ▁originally ▁hosted ▁by ▁Leo ▁Lap orte ; ▁his ▁coh ost ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁sevent een ▁episodes ▁was ▁Chris ▁Di B ona ▁and ▁subsequently ▁Rand al ▁Schw art z . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Schw art z ▁took ▁over ▁from ▁Lap orte ▁as ▁lead ▁host . ▁ ▁Many ▁influ ential ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁free ▁and ▁open - source ▁community ▁have ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁show , ▁including ▁Kent ▁Beck , ▁Ward ▁C unning ham , ▁Miguel ▁de ▁I c aza , ▁Ras mus ▁L erd orf , ▁Tim ▁O ' Re illy , ▁Gu ido ▁van ▁Ros sum , ▁Lin us ▁Tor val ds , ▁and ▁Jimmy ▁Wales . ▁Show ▁topics ▁are ▁wide ▁in ▁variety , ▁and ▁have ▁for ▁example ▁included ▁Z FS , ▁M if os , ▁A ster isk , ▁and ▁the ▁OS U ▁Open ▁Source ▁Lab . ▁ ▁History ▁F LO SS ▁Week ly ▁was ▁started ▁by ▁Leo ▁Lap orte , ▁who ▁runs ▁the ▁T W i T ▁net cast ▁network , ▁and ▁Chris ▁Di B ona , ▁now ▁the ▁open ▁source ▁program ▁manager ▁at ▁Google . ▁F LO SS ▁is ▁an ▁ac ron ym ▁for ▁Free / Lib re ▁Open ▁Source ▁Software . ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁week ly ▁interview ▁with ▁the