Utilizing an open source development model for a hardware business offers unique advantages. It allows users to be more closely involved in product development, and to use your competitors to strengthen your own product or platform. Few hardware designers and manufacturers have achieved success in open source, leaving a major gap full of untapped possibilities. […]
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James Pearce, head of open source at Facebook, has helped the company leverage the power of open source communities. The UI, core data, and infrastructure teams have all benefited from open source projects and have, in turn, contributed back to these projects. Pearce seeks to make Facebook a leader in rapid, collaborative, open source development. […]
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Phase2 helps businesses adopt open source technology and to leverage the communities that support open platforms. The primary focus of the company is Drupal and Open Atrium, their open CMS platform. More at opensource.com
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Many businesses have relied on open source products for various levels of their IT infrastructure stack. It has always been exceptionally challenging to transition entirely to open source solutions, especially for end-user products. Many businesses are beginning to see the benefits of the community-driven model of open source projects and are looking for more ways […]
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A Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study shows IT-driven businesses are much more likely to embrace open design through collaboration, and the encouragement of end-user ideas. These ideas are shared with open source and show a slow shift towards collaborative based businesses. More at opensource.com
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The open source ideals of open exchange, participation, rapid prototyping, meritocracy, and community are vital to a successful development operations team. More at opensource.com
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Many corporations have made significant contributions to open source projects outside the company. Few have figured out how to bring open source inside the internal business development process. Samsung is looking to build open source communities around their products and to get more user involvement through peer-review processes. More at Linux.com
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OpenStack carries uses periods of time called feature freeze in which no new features can be added to the software. This is done to encourage additional effort on bug-fixes documentation, and marketing, as well as spending time to review how OpenStack performs in the wild to fine tune the operation of the software. This helps […]
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The State of Open Source: Digital Manufacturing
Over the past 20 or so years, the open source community has continually grown and evolved, with the majority of developments occurring in the software world. Recent developments, however, are allowing the open source community to expand into the physical realm and are opening up new opportunities for everyone. I call this the digital manufacturing […]
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Docker closed $40 Million in Series C funding, led by Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that will bring Bill Coughran to Docker’s board of directors. This money was raised as Docker Inc spent the last of its series A funding and will enable Docker to take advantage of any market needs they recognize. Docker […]
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Yammer opens up to enterprise apps for Apple, Nokia and others’ devices.
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The system power, storage, and network requirements of edge computing devices is increasing at an exponential rate. As more smart devices emerge that are connected to the internet, network systems need to adapt to keep up with increasing workloads. Michael Enescu claims Linux is the best solution for standardizing these models of communication. More from […]
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Microsoft’s recent investment in Cyanogen adds to the companies recent embrace of open source which has included open sourcing the .NET framework and supporting the Docker community. This growing embrace has been a classic case of open source working for a company that only understand proprietary approaches, as outlined in Eric Raymond’s classic book The […]
