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Ohloh Saves the Day for Ohloh

I tout the benefits of using open source frequently. Still, I was tickled to hear about it when we and a partner recently cashed in on the benefits of a [...]







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Survey on the Future of Open Source, and Lessons from the Past

I recently talked to two managers of Black Duck, the first company formed to help organizations deal with the licensing issues involved in adopting open source software. With Tim Yeaton, [...]







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Open Source Weekly Wrap Up: May 17, 2013

The New Yorker magazine released its new Strongbox open source anonymous tip tool this week, receiving a good deal of media attention. Most of the headlines highlighted the fact that [...]







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Women in Tech: Open Source Leads the Way Forward

Why aren’t there more women in software development? Why aren’t more women seeking roles in open source software (OSS)? There are many organizations who are dedicated to the advancement of [...]







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Open Source Weekly Wrap Up: May 10, 2013

News that Facebook’s Open Compute Project will soon be tackling open designs for network switches was the big open source topic of the week.  The announcement by Facebook’s Frank Frankovsy [...]







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Real World Reflections of Open Source Survey Results

I recently returned from a multi-city trip in Europe for a seminar series Black Duck was delivering with local partners on best practices for optimizing open source software (OSS) use [...]







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Accelerate Innovation While Maintaining Control

What does compliance mean to your IT and software development organization?  Most often compliance with external regulations and/or internal controls is treated as a secondary requirement for IT applications, their [...]







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Open Source Weekly Wrap Up: May 3, 2013

The Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) took place this week and generated a lot of open source news, with the CEO of Red Hat’s impactful opening keynote presentation receiving the [...]







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Winds of Change in Collaborating to Innovate with Open Source Software

This blog was originally posted on SandHill.com. Editor’s note: My immediate reaction when I reviewed the findings of the recent 2013 Future of Open Source Survey was surprise at the high degree [...]







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Open Source Connecting Cars, Companies and People

GENIVI is the alliance of companies in the automotive supply chain jointly developing a Linux-based in-vehicle infotainment system (IVI) platform. The All Member Meeting (AMM) in Barcelona drew about 400 [...]







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