[ad_1] The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is well-known for its work in open source software through FOSS@MAGIC. In April 2014, RIT started to offer a minor in free and open source software. Students work on several different open source projects in their GitHub organization. One of the courses in the minor, Humanitarian Free and…

[ad_1] The shift toward open software defined networking (SDN) means more elements of networking hardware are now controlled by software. With increasing frequency, that software is open. The changing landscape of interconnection isn’t suited to the old, static client-server model, and networking isn’t just about organizing and delivering data—it’s about conversation and collaboration. Communities are a necessary,…

[ad_1] To celebrate the first anniversary of Jim Whitehurst’s book, The Open Organization, Opensource.com will host Open Organization Week—beginning next Monday, May 30. The special event will feature daily stories about the way open source principles are changing the future of work and management. Our community can also enjoy two live events: read more [ad_2]…

[ad_1] Just the other day, I was speaking with a friend who is a mechanical engineer. He works on computer assisted braking systems for semi trucks and mentioned that his company has Arduinos all over the office. The idea is to encourage people to quickly experiment with new ideas. He also mentioned that Arduinos are more…

[ad_1] In my work and research for ChickTech, a non-profit helping women get into tech, I’ve found a lot of information about unfair hiring practices. It makes me think of Mozart in the Jungle, a drama TV series that interviews musicians for the orchestra behind a black curtain. This practice, the blind hiring process, began when orchestra groups noticed they had many more men…

[ad_1] The month of October this year will be Open Source Hardware Month with the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA)! Open source hardware is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design. The hardware’s source is the design from which it is…

[ad_1] Marketing as we know it has changed dramatically, especially in the B2B world. I bet you’re not surprised to hear me say that. I’m not the first to say it, and I certainly won’t be the last. Observing changes to companies’ methods for engaging their customers is the easy part. What’s harder is understanding…

[ad_1] If you’ve used microcontrollers like the Arduino before, you might be used to pushing compiled code onto the device and then just hoping it does what it’s supposed to. The chip is literally a black box: If you don’t add print statements (or they don’t get a chance to execute), you’ll have no idea what your code is…

[ad_1] I attended an interesting talk by Barry O’Reilly at the Cultivate pre-conference at OSCON 2016 about “how to push through change in an enterprise.” Though I think the title should have been: “What the enterprise can learn from open source.” Barry started with 57% of Fortune 500 companies in 1995 did not make the…

[ad_1] Ask Safia is the place to go for answers to your open source community-related questions. Whether you are nervous about submitting your first pull request to a project, or wondering how to write effective bug reports, Safia is here to help with practical, detailed, beginner-friendly answers. So what are you waiting for? Ask Safia.…