Open Source Delivers

This blog was originally posted on SandHill.com. Editor’s note: My immediate reaction when I reviewed the findings of the recent 2013 Future of Open Source Survey was surprise at the high degree of change that has occurred in the industry since the 2012 survey. The survey, hosted by North Bridge Venture Partners together with Black Duck Software, [...]

GENIVI is the alliance of companies in the automotive supply chain jointly developing a Linux-based in-vehicle infotainment system (IVI) platform. The All Member Meeting (AMM) in Barcelona drew about 400 attendees, mostly from Europe, though there were plenty of Americans and Asians as well. Highlights of the conference were previews of BMW’s  future GENIVI-based IVIs, Ford’s [...]

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 [...]

We all get excited about the latest hot open source projects like CloudStack and Boot to Gecko — they’re new and exciting and the possibilities seem endless.  But what about the many long-running projects that have been core to the world of open source for decades? The ones that have truly stood the test of [...]

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 [...]

Compared to many engineering disciplines, software development – which began in earnest in the mid-20th Century – is still in its youth.   The science and art of software development have progressed in two broad threads: the tools themselves (IDEs, compilers, languages, frameworks, build/CI systems, etc.) and the development methodologies employed – which together determine the [...]

Last week I had the privilege of attending OSCON 2012 in Portland, OR. While I regularly attend open source related events, this event is the biggest, baddest open source event of them all. With over 3,000 attendees, the best of the best were there and totally engaged in teaching, sharing, troubleshooting, organizing, and partying down [...]

This week, the center of the open source universe was Portland, OR, where the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) was held. With so many industry influencers as speakers, sponsors and attendees, the majority of this week’s stories came out of OSCON. So whether you were busy enjoying all the OSCON festivities or unable to attend, [...]

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 [...]

For our fourth and final patriotically-inspired open source anthem to celebrate the Fourth of July, we proudly present “Ohloh the Beautiful.” Note: Ohloh is the largest free public directory of OSS projects and contributors, and was acquired by Black Duck in 2010. (To the tune of “America the Beautiful”) Ohloh.net on internet Committers flock to [...]