Open Source Delivers

When your name is Linus and you live in Finland, the social pressure to do something open source related is understandably enormous. And so I have spent the past few years researching code forking. I recently had the opportunity to interview Michael ”Monty” Widenius to get “the MariaDB story” for my PhD. Going in, I [...]

All companies, regardless of size, know differentiating themselves from their competition is a key to their success.  On the Internet, everyone from one-man bands to multinational corporate giants rely on the basic platforms Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) provide to build their brands, their products, and their unique contributions to society.  When FOSS becomes [...]

Sifting through the thousands of new open source projects that start each year is a refreshing, insightful process. As we completed our Rookies analysis of the new projects that hit the scene in 2012, I had a wonderful sense of the kind of impact that open source is making on the world in so many [...]

Dell announced its OpenStack product plans, the Linux Foundation has new members and tech predictions for 2013 have already started. The latest open source news and predictions for the future await you: Dell’s 2013 plans to build its cloud products around OpenStack was covered by Jack Clark in the ZDNet article, “Dell commits to open-source [...]

The White House is officially a contributing member of the Drupal community, OpenMAMA turned one and there is a new mobile operating system in town. Check out these and other open source stories from this week: Gunnar Hellekson posted “Open Source Software Policy is Better Without Open Source” on opensource.com, arguing that if a development [...]

As a lawyer and entrepreneur with a passion for open source, I’m often asked about my perspective on OSS, both in Denmark and beyond.  I have worked with OSS for about 15 years, and the last couple of years have been particularly interesting because my clients have a much less defensive approach when it comes [...]

Looking for a good Linux developer but finding some of the best are already taken? You’re not alone. The Linux Foundation’s 2012 Linux Jobs Report, produced in partnership with Dice.com, shows that 85% percent of hiring managers surveyed say that finding Linux talent is somewhat to very difficult. Not to worry, though. Technology professionals recognize the opportunities [...]

What do Bosch, NYSE Technologies and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have in common? Not only are they all key examples of current and influential open source trends, they’re also betting a significant portion of their future innovation and competitive positioning on successfully leveraging open source models. Bosch, a large global automotive supplier, exemplifies how [...]

This week’s open source buzz was around the next release of Microsoft Office, which provides support for the Open Document Format (ODF), along with Open XML and editing capabilities for PDFs. The announcement is a big win for open document standards and shows the influence open source has established in the software industry. Read more [...]

With over 600,000 open source software (OSS) projects currently available and with every indication that many more are on the way, how do you select the OSS that is appropriate for your Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business? There is a lot of information available about the implications of certain license types, and of course the software must [...]