It was just five years ago that there was an ample dose of skepticism from investors about the viability of open source as a business model. The common thesis was that Red Hat was a snowflake and that ...

In the fast-paced digital age, effective communication, seamless collaboration and reliable connectivity are essential for businesses striving to thrive. The intricate network of systems and processes ...

Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Open source software (OSS) is so prevalent that it’s difficult to imagine life without it. For businesses, open source ...

What are open-source operating systems? Underpinning an operating system, for example Windows on your PC or Android on your phone, is many, many lines of code. Allowing anyone to inspect the source ...

Open-source software is non-proprietary software that can allow for collaboration and modification among developers. While developers are typically encouraged to view, modify, and improve open-source ...

In part 3 of this article, I detailed several economic theories on common goods management. In this part, we’ll explore how to apply these theories to the issue of open source sustainability. Studying ...

Open-source protocols have become a mainstay in the tech world and are gaining traction due to the myriad benefits that they offer over their proprietary counterparts. The protocols are typically ...

A common form of open-source governance may be at the end of its life cycle. Unlike commercial software, open-source software is designed and built by communities of developers. Communities don’t have ...

Development is a creative process. Experience with hackathons and open-source solutions, for example, shows that input from many engineers accelerates progress and makes the final product better.