The Advent of Super Communities
As I look around the FOSS ecosystem I’m beginning to see a trend towards something I call “super communities,” or “communities of communities” – essentially, these super communities are vertical...
View ArticleEclipse and Java: An Open Source Trend Analysis
2011 was a banner year for the open source community, especially for the Eclipse Foundation, which celebrated its 10th anniversary. In that vein, I decided to look at 2011 open source project trends...
View ArticleSupport for New Emerging Languages
In the last number of years there has been a boom in the creation of new computer languages. Some might wonder why we need so many new languages but one thing I have found is that software developers...
View ArticleWhy Open Source Communities are Natural for Industry Collaborations
Open innovation and industry collaborations are becoming more and more common as companies and industries look to modernize their R&D, optimize resources and even expand their partner ecosystems....
View ArticleWhat to do with Open Source Freeloaders?
On occasion, people working on open source projects will lament how a lot of organizations are using the output of the open source project but not contributing back. For instance, at Eclipse, we have...
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Forges and Foundations: Chalk and Cheese
Black Duck Software and North Bridge Venture Partners, working with 451 Research, are conducting the sixth annual Future of Open Source Survey. I took the survey, but one question caused me concern,...
View ArticleHappy Independence Day!
Today we’d like to present the second in our series of patriotically-inspired songs about open source, “This Code Is Your Code, This Code is My Code” (To the tune of This Land is Your Land) This code...
View ArticleOpen Source Governance: The Eclipse Model
Open source governance is a concept that is sometimes misunderstood or forgotten in new open source projects. Good open source governance can help maintain the long-term health of any open source...
View ArticleOpen Source Conversations: An Interview with Mike Milinkovich
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, for our “Open Source Conversations” series. In this video, Mike provides a great overview...
View ArticleGoogle’s Nest Acquisition Heats Up the Open Source Powered Internet of Things
Later today, my son will return home from school to a house pre-heated to his favorite temperature, thanks to our Nest thermostat. I’m still wondering how I convinced myself to spend $249 on a...
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