Latest in Industry and Research Publications
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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…
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Keynote on user-led open source consortia at ISAFOSS-TIEDE 2022
I just finished my keynote at ISAFOSS-TIEDE 2022 of Sultan Qaboos University in Oman (sadly, remotely), on user-led open source consortia, which is perhaps the most important trend in open source right now. Abstract and slides below. Abstract Of the many reasons, why companies and countries sponsor the development of open source software, the user…
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Open source is not the infrastructure of modern society…
Cloud services are the actual infrastructure. Open source is the blueprints and building materials of our digital infrastructure. Infrastructure should be built from open source, but it is important to understand the difference between software and a service, because there is a person in the middle, the one operating the service. There will be no…
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How to fund your startup (using public grants, in Germany, 2022 Edition)
In this short video, I provide an explanation of how anyone with a team and an idea can get public funding to kick off their venture. I appear to be speaking to my students, but the funding is really available to anyone (with a German address and work permit). If this is you, feel free…
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A simple fun example of how a computer reads intent wrong
I read an article about India and wanted to know how much money “2 lakh” is in Euro. The search engine responded as follows:
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Who to blame for the log4j vulnerability?
So far, nobody. Not the open source developers, who responded fast and professionally, and not the companies who handled the risk within a day or two. Eventually, however, we will have to blame (or complain) about those companies who got cracked because they did not remove the vulnerability in time. Now, why would a company…