By Matt Asay Much of the “open source sustainability” discussion has focused on the one thing that really needs no help being sustained: software. As Tobie Langel rightly points out, “Open …read more Source:: OpenSource
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Microsoft breaks ranks with its own service mesh
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•By Scott Carey Microsoft has announced that it will release its own open source service mesh — called Open Service Mesh (OSM) — and transfer it to the Cloud Native Computing …read more Source:: OpenSource
The community hat rules the company hat in open source
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•By Matt Asay Identity matters in open source, but not how you might think. For example, Lili Cosic works for Red Hat, and she’s also a maintainer within the Kubernetes community, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Redis and open source succession planning
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•By Matt Asay Redis founder Salvatore Sanfilippo hadn’t run up against term limits. No one was demanding he stop leading the project, and he wasn’t struggling to keep Redis innovating. But …read more Source:: OpenSource
The power of open source to fight COVID-19
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•By Dries Buytaert As someone who has spent his entire career in open source, I’ve been closely following how open source is being used to fight the COVID-19 global pandemic. I recently …read more Source:: OpenSource
Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change
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•Microsoft president Brad Smith talks open source, privacy, and coronavirus contact-tracing apps. …read more Source:: Linux
Will the solo open source developer survive the pandemic?
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•By Matt Asay Open source has been booming for decades, but it tends to do particularly well in times of financial distress. Like now. As Drupal founder Dries Buytaert has suggested, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Linux not Windows: Why Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source – again
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•Munich’s flip-flop back to open source is the latest sign of Germany’s political sea change over proprietary software. …read more Source:: Linux
Best practices for selecting software composition analysis tools
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•By IT Central Station SCA tools automate the process of identifying and classifying open source code used in a development environment, identifying security, licensing and quality issues. Here’s how to pick a product. …read more Source:: OpenSource
Gatsby JS stands on the shoulders of thousands
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•By Matt Asay Many years ago Linux founder Linus Torvalds borrowed Sir Isaac Newton’s “standing on the shoulders of giants” phrase when discussing his open source work with Linux. While it’s …read more Source:: OpenSource