Open Source

So far I have spent my entire professional career in Open Source, and believe it to be a superior in many ways. Over the past twenty years, I've seen Open Source expand from being a software license to an innovation model and a business model disruptor. I've dedicated a lot of my time helping people and organizations understand the power of Open Source.

2019

Balancing Makers and Takers to scale and sustain Open Source Featured
Commercial sponsorship and Open Source sustainability
Acquia acquires Mautic to create the Open Digital Experience Platform
The Open Web can still win Featured
Tidelift raises $25 million series B

2018

My thoughts on IBM buying Red Hat for $34 billion Featured
A breakout year for Open Source businesses
From a world wide web to a personal web
Google ceding control of AMP
Who sponsors Drupal development? (2017-2018 edition)
Microsoft sends strong message about GitHub's independence
Why large organizations are choosing to contribute to Drupal Featured
How Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub impacts the cloud wars
The letter that released the World Wide Web technology into the public domain
That "passion + learning + contribution + relationships" feeling
Build and operate your own CDN

2017

Who sponsors Drupal development? (2016-2017 edition)
Sharing innovation with your competitors

2016

How to move an entire government to a new digital platform
Who sponsors Drupal development? (2015-2016 edition)
The long path to being understood Featured
Investing in Open Source startups
Demandware acquisition heats up the customer experience market
Can we save the Open Web?

2015

Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them? Featured
Loosen control the Open Source way Featured
The coming era of data and software transparency Featured
Giving back and making money Featured

2014

Scaling Open Source communities Featured
Open Source and social capital Featured
The business behind Open Source Featured
A method for giving credit to organizations that contribute code to Open Source

2013

To start an Open Source project or not?
Open Source code: by the people, for the people
Passive income and Open Source

2011

Hopes and beliefs for Open Source web projects Featured

2010

The commercialization of a volunteer-driven Open Source project Featured
Clickability FUD on Open Source versus SaaS
The history of MySQL AB

2009

Where Open Source, Open Data and government meet

2008

Open Source and Free Puppies Featured
Money versus time in Open Source
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