[ad_1] I first saw Linux in action around 2001 at my first job. I was as an account manager for an Austrian automotive industry supplier and shared an office with our IT guy. He was creating a CD burning station (one of those huge things that can burn and print several CDs simultaneously) so that…

[ad_1] The main factor in any change first begins with observation. The data we collect allows us to analyze complex human patterns and behavior. Without data, there’s nothing to be observed. For some time, the government has been gathering large amounts of data. But now, they’re officially making that data accessible to the citizen. When…

[ad_1] In The Open Organization, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst defines an open organization as one that “engages participative communities both inside and out.” At Gratipay, we’ve pursued a similar vision, asking: Can we blur the line between inside and out? What if individuals in an organization could decide for themselves what level of engagement…

[ad_1] Are you interested in keeping track of what is happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project. OpenStack around the web There is a lot of interesting stuff being written about OpenStack. Here’s a sampling from some of our favorites: read more [ad_2]…

[ad_1] The open source program office is an essential part of any modern company with a reasonably ambitious plan to influence various sectors of software ecosystems. If a company wants to increase its influence, clarify its open source messaging, maximize the clout of its projects, or increase the efficiency of its product development, a multifaceted…

[ad_1] We live in a society where large corporations essentially own two of the major ways we communicate: telephone (mobile and landlines) and the Internet (email, chat, etc). While paying for services to correspond with others over long distances might make sense, modern technology gives us better and more affordable options for communicating with those close to…

[ad_1] Play a word association game and the word “open” will almost surely be followed by “source.” And open source is certainly an important force for preserving user freedoms and access to computing. However, code isn’t the only form of openness that’s important. Open data Open data has been discussed for at least a decade.…

[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at Shadow Tactics for Linux, Shadwen release date, and new games out for Linux. Open gaming roundup for April 30 – May 6, 2016 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun coming to Linux Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a real time…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at six higher education instructors who are immersing students in open source communities and projects, the co-founder and principal analyst at RedMonk Stephen O’Grady’s remarks on the future of open source at the Collaboration Summit in March, and more news. Open source news roundup for May 1…

[ad_1] The Opensource.com preview brings you highlights from last month, editorial announcements for coming months, and other tidbits. In April, we made print editions available of the 2015 Open Source Yearbook, in paperback and hardcover. On the editorial side, we published five series, launched a new column, and welcomed 17 new authors. Read about more of our April…