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Open Source and Public Policy (Video)
In this short video, I explain the significance of the software industry for a country’s economy and how to strengthen it using open source. It is directed at public policy makers and the general public. Next to the Youtube embed, there is also an ad-free version courtesy of FAU, my main employer, as well as…
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Open Source im Blickpunkt der Politik (Video, in German)
In diesem kurzen Video erkläre ich die Bedeutung der Softwareindustrie für die Wirtschaft eines Landes und wie Open-Source-Software diese stärken kann. Es richtet sich an Public-Policy-Maker und alle interessierten Personen. Die englische Version dieses Videos folgt; die Folien wurden vom FAU Sprachdienst aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche übersetzt (und von mir nachkorrigiert). Neben obigem Youtube…
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Upcoming industry talk on continuous integration / delivery / deployment by Bernard Ramon Ladenthin of IAV GmbH
We will be hosting an industry talk on Continuous Integration / Delivery / Deployment. The talk is free and open to the public. Abstract Today’s world is fast. To keep up, feature requests from the morning need to be fulfilled by lunch. Creating the required software quickly is a must, but how does it end…
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Single-Vendor Open Source Firms and Intellectual Property Strategies (Video)
In this video, I explain the single-vendor open source business model (also: multi-licensing, open core) and in particular its intellectual property strategies. This talk is partly a reaction to the recent licensing changes by commercial open source firms and the resulting confusion. An upcoming article will go into more detail next year. Next to the…
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Upcoming AMOS Demo Day at IAV’s DigiLab
IAV GmbH (Berlin) will be hosting this winter semester’s AMOS demo day. Four student teams will present the results of their work, ranging from a logistics dashboard, through an ECU dashboard, a Git module configuration tool, to a next generation HMI app for Android Automotive OS. Date 2020-02-06 Time 10:15am (start) to 11:45 (end) Location…
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The First Derivative of Software is Eating the World
Marc Andreesen, venture capitalist at a16z, famously stated in 2011: Software is eating the world Wall Street Journal, 2011-08-11 Andreesen’s article describes the immediate impact of software, both as its own product category and as a component of increasing importance in existing (non-software) products. I want to discuss what I consider the first derivative of…