Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 1.2 Open Source (Industry)

Software development metrics with a purpose (Gonzalez-Barahona et al., IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 20th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Software Development Metrics With a Purpose Keywords — Authors Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Daniel Izquierdo-Cortázar, Gregorio Robles Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 4 (April 2022), pp. 66-73 Abstract: A new generation of toolsets that are flexible enough…

2022-04-19
Commercial participation in OpenStack (Zhang et al., IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 19th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Commercial Participation in OpenStack Keywords OpenStack, open-source software Authors Yuxia Zhang, Hao He, Minghui Zhou Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 2 (February 2022), pp. 78-84 Abstract: This article provides a overview of commercial participation in…

2022-02-21
The success of log4j

log4j (2) demonstrates the tremendous success of the open source development model (and not the opposite, as some might believe because of the recent vulnerability). A huge number of companies use log4j in their products. What else spells success better? However, what those companies failed to do is to properly manage their risk, here the…

2021-12-14
The open source distributor business model [Computer Magazine]

I’m happy to report that the 18th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title The Open Source Distributor Business Model Keywords Open source distributor, open source distribution, open source business model, open source sustainability Authors Dirk Riehle Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 12 (December 2021), pp. 99-103 Abstract: This…

2021-11-23
Using open source in commercial products (15min. video, slides; Oct 2021)

Today I gave a talk at Open Source Forum Oldenburg on the challenges of using open source in commercial products. Please find a generic video recording below. The slides are also available.

2021-10-14
Open source hardware (Hannig & Teich, IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 17th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Hardware Keywords Open source hardware, integrated circuits, ecosystems, hardware, open-source software Authors Frank Hannig; Jürgen Teich Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 10 (October 2021), pp. 111-115 Abstract: Hardware that can be manufactured from…

2021-10-04