The Weekly Wrap Up
The use of open source software in governments was a popular topic of conversation for bloggers and tech journalists this week. With recent events like the Red Hat Government Symposium, the Military...
View ArticleOpen Source Conversations: An Interview with Jeffrey Hammond
Yesterday I spoke with Jeffrey Hammond, principal analyst serving application development & delivery professionals at Forrester, for our “Open Source Conversations” series. Please check out the...
View ArticleThe “New” Open Source?
I had the opportunity to spend the past few days at EclipseCon Boston, talking with many seasoned, talented open source developers. One of the great things about the Eclipse crowd is that they take...
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Developers Can Now Get Bosses Off Their Backs!
You’ve just finished developing a great piece of code; you saved your company a bunch of money using open-source components to be faster and efficient. Your colleagues admire you and treat you like a...
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The Iron Triangle of Compliance
Jeff Hammond of Forrester Research talks about the “iron triangle” of software development. “Schedule, features, cost…pick any two,” is the way he describes it. He often brings this up in the context...
View Article3 Steps to Build Better Software Faster with Development Testing
Marc Andreessen made the famous statement back in 2011 that “Software is eating the world,” and this has been proven time and again as software continues to be at the heart of disruptive business...
View ArticleHow to Avoid 5 Common Pitfalls in Open Source Utilization
Open source has become a competitive requirement within software development organizations, because it enables better, faster and cheaper innovation. Yet, there are a number of roadblocks that can get...
View ArticleAllJoyn, Open Source & Qualcomm: The Commons and the Internet of Things
Think back, for a moment, on what the Internet is: a global system of networks, a vast commons on which modern communication relies. The Internet of Things will connect billions of devices, things that...
View ArticleXerox’s Best Practices for Managing Open Source Code
Every technology company in the world uses open source, and Xerox is no exception. Our software developers work worldwide, producing code for our copiers, printers, and office systems, as well as...
View ArticleThe Three Waves of Open Source Development
In the next 20 years, it will be nearly impossible to develop large-scale software or platforms without using open source software. The genie is out of the bottle, and all of the most significant...
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