What’s missing from many of these discussions is a thorough explanation of what open source software actually is, and why exactly it promises an alternative. In this post, I’ll talk about the history ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack ...

Not many of us think "open source" as we use today's sophisticated software. But in fact, most of that software is actually based on open source. IT leaders are recognizing the benefits of returning ...

Over the last decade, enterprises have transformed the way they build software. What used to be mostly proprietary code is now dominated by open-source components. In many cases, more than 80% of an ...

Opinion Time and again, I see people begging for companies with deep pockets to fund open source projects. I mean, after all, they've made billions from this code. You'd think they could support the ...

We talk about open source software in the wrong way. The conversation always comes back to cost savings, licensing fees and avoiding vendor lock-in. These things matter, but they're not why open ...

Supply chain attacks are increasing in volume, but open source vulnerabilities continue relatively unnoticed.