Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 1. Software Industry

  • Open source promises not made and broken

    Open source promises not made and broken

    Using open-source software in products and projects is not a no-brainer. Like with any software, introducing a dependency on an open source component creates a lock-in that should be thought through well. All too often, people are lazy when thinking (or not thinking) through such decisions. Case in point 1: An open source programmer on…

  • Openness is a red Herring, lock-in is the real deal

    Openness is a red Herring, lock-in is the real deal

    If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it should be easy to switch to Suse Linux Enterprise Server, right? You’d do that if you disagree with Red Hat’s pricing and Suse provides a better deal. Sadly, a real-world calculation has to take the switching costs into account, because RHEL and SLES are not exactly…

  • The corporate open source strategy [Rebooting Computing Conference]

    The corporate open source strategy [Rebooting Computing Conference]

    Today I’m giving a talk on the corporate open source strategy at the TTI Vanguard Rebooting Computing conference. In the available 30 min. I’m focusing on the perspective of software users, as this is not a conference for the software industry but for everyone else (with a stronghold in financial services). Below please find a…

  • Upcoming talks in June and July 2023

    Upcoming talks in June and July 2023

    2023-05-31: User-led open source projects (free, in person, in Berlin) at Open Logistics Foundation’s Open Source Innovation Day 2023 2023-06-23: The corporate open source strategy (commercial, in person, in Montreal) at the TTI/Vanguard Rebooting Computing conference 2023-06-26: Creating a ROS Distribution (free, in person, in Lisbon) at INESC-ID / University of Lisbon respectively, courtesy of…

  • Lessons learned from the Ant Group open source program office (Xia et al., IEEE Computer Column)

    Lessons learned from the Ant Group open source program office (Xia et al., IEEE Computer Column)

    I’m happy to report that the 24th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Lessons Learned From the Ant Group Open Source Program Office Keywords — Authors Xiaoya Xia, Wei Wang, Shengyu Zhao, Sikang Bian, Rong Wang Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 4 (April 2023), pp 92-97 Abstract: This…

  • Open source usability and user experience (Mikko Rajanen, IEEE Computer Column)

    Open source usability and user experience (Mikko Rajanen, IEEE Computer Column)

    I’m happy to report that the 23nd article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Usability and User Experience Keywords — Authors Mikko Rajanen, University of Oulu Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 2 (February 2023), pp 106-110 Abstract: This article highlights the challenges of user-centered and usability processes…