Category: 1. Software Industry
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Historic periods in (single-vendor) commercial open source
While a comparatively young industry, the software industry nevertheless has a history, and taking from the playbook of other disciplines, understanding our history is important to understanding our future. So I want to ask: What (if any) historic periods are there in single-vendor open source firms? Please note that I’m asking about single-vendor open source…
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Open source community governance the Apache Way (Drost-Fromm & Tompkins, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 14th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Community Governance the Apache Way Keywords Open Source Software, Distributed Computing, Documentation Authors Isabel Drost-Fromm, Apache Software Foundation; Rob Tompkins, Apache Software Foundation Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 4 (April 2021), pp. 70-75…
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What is an open source company?
An open source company is a company whose business model is built on a customer acquisition process in which customers first use a free-to-use open source version of the product before being upsold to a commercial offering by the company. When we talk about commercial open source firms, the word commercial is redundant, because all…
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Research-to-startup for postdocs (5min. video for DAAD PRIME workshop)
This 5min. video discusses basics of turning your research into a startup. It focuses on public funding. The video was created for the March 2021 DAAD PRIME workshop, but is not restricted to a postdoc audience. Indeed, it works for anyone with a good idea and ideally a team who is willing to move to…
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A brief history of free, open-source software and its communities (Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, IEEE Computer)
I’m happy to report that the 13th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title A Brief History of Free, Open Source Software and Its Communities Keywords Open Source Software, Licenses, Internet Authors Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 2 (February 2021), pp. 75-79…
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Interview with GSO on academia and entrepreneurship
The German Scholars Organization (GSO) just published an interview with me on how to create startups from research in Germany How can you spin your research into a startup? We asked Dirk Riehle, professor of Computer Science and advocate for founders with an academic background, for insights and advice. Before becoming a professor, Dirk has…