Open source community crams itself into big tent
At the Open Source Leadership Summit in Sonoma, California, on Tuesday, members of the open source community gathered under a big tent.
It was a tent with carpeting and chandeliers at a stylish wine country inn, but a tent nonetheless, and it served as a clear metaphor for the aspirations of the community: People from diverse backgrounds working together for the benefit of all concerned, while also allowing for the creation of value and return on investment, according to those there.
Open source software is at its core about code licensing, but making open source projects work in the context of companies and contributors is about people and process.
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, opened the morning's festivities with the obligatory victory lap – open source software is everywhere and continues to become more ubiquitous every year.
Linux has 100 per cent of the supercomputer market, 82 per cent of the smartphone market (Android), 90 per cent of mainframe customers, 90 per cent of the public cloud, 62 per cent of embedded systems, and is the number one internet client (Android), according to figures Zemlin presented.
"We are all stronger together," said Zemlin, even as he acknowledged the question that continues to vex companies trying to come to terms with open source, specifically, "How does anybody make any money off open source?"
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