In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our work under an open source licence, and we have a ...

As an open source-first company, Bloomberg believes it is imperative to be an active adopter, contributor, and funder of the open source software ecosystem. Open source powers everything from ...

I bring this up as I see many new companies joining open source projects for the first time and am often asked about how open source works for developers. As an example, most corporate developers are ...

I just finished reading Nick Carr's "The Ignorance of Crowds." [PDF] A great read, and important for those who want help seeing open source's potential...as well as its limitations. First, the ...

These companies swear by the strategic advantages gained when their IT workers contribute to open-source projects. But strict guidelines are paramount. Michael Bryzek saw open source playing a big ...

In the realm of computing, a large share of users stick with apps available from official platform stores or directly from vendors. Not many users dig into the realm of open source software, even ...

These open-source apps fix everyday Windows annoyances so well, it’s baffling Microsoft hasn’t built them in yet.

Once the domain of idealistic developers and technology companies, open-source software is now deeply embedded in Wall Street’s core infrastructure. Even global banking institutions—a sector ...

To understand the economics of open source, look to the R&D of collaboration. People continue to wonder how to make money in the free and open source software world. It’s dressed up in discussions of ...

Open-source developer Boris Hinzer has submitted a petition to the German Bundestag calling for voluntary work on open-source projects to be recognized as a public-benefit volunteer activity.

Two recent events should give for-profit companies new reasons to re-evaluate the ways in which they use open source software as well as the extent to which they use it. These events are: (1) the ...

Some NoSQL databases focus on speed, some on scale, while others aim at relationships or offline use. The right choice depends on how your ...