I'm pleased as punch to announce that Richard Morrell will also be contributing to the Open Source Entrepreneur Network. Richard has been around Open Source since the term was coined and has worked with the likes of Red Hat, Linuxcare, VA Linux and Zimbra since the late 1990s. Founder of the SmoothWall Linux firewall in… Continue reading Welcome Richard Morrell to OSEN
From the World Bank Data Blog: in a stunning report from the OpenDRI, an initiative sponsored by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), researchers looked into whether it was possible to quantify the benefit of contributing to and participating in open source communities and found the conservative estimate to be on the order of… Continue reading Bombshell Report: 200% ROI on Open Source Participation
From EnterpriseTech: I came across a link today to a news commentary which asserts that open source software is "a supply chain rife with security vulnerabilities and clogged with outdated versions of widely used software components." I'm often reluctant to give these types of stories too much air time, because they're often rife with FUD,… Continue reading Open Source Supply Chain “Full of Bugs”
I published a bit over at OpenSource.com. Read the full article here. It's a plea to look externally and figure out how your technology relates to all that's happening in the greater ecosystem. There are still way too many companies who suffer from NIH and end up saddled with way too much technical debt. Don't… Continue reading It’s the Ecosystem, Stupid
We're going back to the CIC this month for our next Cambridge meetup. RSVP at meetup.com/OSENMeetup/ This month's topic will be all about Open Source product development in the context of mobile, edge computing, and IoT. We'll talk about how to deal with patents and compliance, as well as a sober look at the state… Continue reading Next Cambridge Meetup – IoT and Mobile on June 27
We're pleased to announce that Swapnil Bhartiya has been added to the fold of OSEN authors. Swapnil has a distinguished history writing about open source in major publications. We're honored to have him on board. He brings a wealth of knowledge about open source in the enterprise, IoT, and consumer electronics. Look for his first… Continue reading Welcome Swapnil Bhartiya
We had a very enlightening conversation with Craig McLuckie, he of Kubernetes and Heptio fame. We talked about the simplicity of the Heptio model, the crowded field of container orchestration and a bit of Kubernetes history. Click below to hear more! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NoGkFpyIo&w=560&h=315]
For those of us who follow open source business trends and products, we were blessed with a landmark announcement today from Toyota: the 2018 Camry will feature an entertainment system based on Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), the Linux Foundation collaborative project that counts car makers Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz and Nissan as members. This marks the… Continue reading Toyota First to Market with Automotive Grade Linux Product
Found an interesting article at "The C Suite" on the topic "CEO’s ignorance of open source software use places their business at risk". While some of the article is a bit "FUDdy" - the author works for a company that sells risk management and mitigation, so there's a greatest hits of open source vulnerabilities -… Continue reading Avoiding Unnecessary Risk – Rules for CEO’s
In defense of the community distribution Ever since the mass adoption of Agile development techniques and devops philosophies that attempt to eradication organizational silos, there's been a welcome discussion on how to optimize development for continuous delivery on a massive scale. Some of the better known adages that have taken root as a result of… Continue reading Product Development in the Age of Cloud Native
