We trace the rise of free open source software—code that can be freely modified and shared—from philosophical outlier to modern powerhouse Underlying every piece of software you use is source code ...

This isn't just my observation. A recent McKinsey & Company report, How software excellence fuels business performance, found, the "biggest differentiator" for top-quartile companies in an industry ...

Open-source software is not only a global pool of free code available for creative programmers to build upon: take it to the geo-political level, and it is also a tool that countries can leverage to ...

When starting up, many organisations assume they need to invest in expensive software packages as a platform for their services. However, open source software may provide a cost-effective alternative.

Having covered the increasing use of open software and systems in industry over the past several years now, it’s easy to see how u-OS (an open operating system designed to handle tasks such as device ...

Open source products comprise the work of many collaborators -- sometimes thousands of them, and often separated by oceans. Each person works on small portions of a project, and anyone is welcome to ...

The idea of a lone programmer relying on their own genius and technical acumen to create the next great piece of software was always a stretch. Today it is more of a myth than ever. Competitive market ...

The concept of using open-source software has become increasingly commonplace in industry, with many large software vendors incorporating use of open-source technologies as part of their software ...

For the last year, I’ve been writing about open-source companies and a wave of developer-centric software companies that are upending the traditional enterprise software market—and will soon ...