7 Communities Driving Open Source Development By Thor Olavsrud Not so long ago, the open source model was the rebellious kid on the block, viewed with suspicion by established industry players. Today, open initiatives and foundations are flourishing with long lists of vendor committers who see the model as a key to innovation. Open Development of Tech Drives Innovation Over the past two decades, open development of technology has come to be seen as a key to driving innovation. Even companies that once saw open source as a threat have come around — Microsoft, for example, is now active in a number of open source initiatives. To date, most open development has focused on software. But even that is changing as communities have begun to coalesce around open hardware initiatives. Here are seven organizations that are successfully promoting and developing open technologies, both hardware and software. Link: cio/article/2865792/open-source-development/7-communities-driving-open-source-development.html?phint=newt%3Dcio_enterprise_applications&phint=idg_eid%3D1eecd20037ef708ed059152931c169e1#tk.CIONLE_nlt_entapps_2015-01-12
Posted on: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 21:44:33 +0000
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