It is already 17B and growing. CB Insights projects it will be a 33B industry by 2022. The halo days of proprietary software is limited and Open Source captured the imagination of developers all over. Companies like Microsoft, Google, Redhat make large contributions to open source softwares. The criticality is evident from the Microsoft’s acquisition of Github for 7.5B in 2018, the largest in enterprise software in history.
Getting developers to adapt new technologies through making source code public is not new. Arguably Unix was the first open source software ( it is debated), Sun made its Java language open source which definitely fueled and ensured its relevance long after Sun itself had set.
Cloud providers are abusing the open source credo. The AWS Elastic spat is a pointer. This is forcing community review and will determine the future relation between Open Source and commercial exploitation.
Cloud providers are abusing the open source credo. The AWS Elastic spat is a pointer. This is forcing community review and will determine the future relation between Open Source and commercial exploitation.
Where I learnt it #228
Open-Source Software Has Changed The Way Software Is Developed. Here’s Where The 33B Industry Is Headed https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/future-open-source/
