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If you write code for a living, when was the last time you released something as open source? Assuming you take pride in your work (if you don’t… well), open-source code is an incentive to: Make sure the code is not horrendously embarrassing. MORE
Luke Filipos and Chris Sica founded Austin Coding Academy and then decided to create Open Source Coworking to expand their current business and launch a new one. Our hope is to build a community whose network includes all of the human capital necessary to build any technology,” Filipos said in […] The post Open Source Coworking Opens in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin has another coworking site. MORE
The activities these people are engaged… Read the rest of this entry » Entrepreneur Profiles News, Technology & The Web Philanthropy creative visionary global village construction set Marcin Jacubowski Nikolay Georgiev open source ecology steve jobsAs promised, this is the first in a series of follow up articles to my original post about the creative visionary, Steve Jobs. MORE
Eric von Hippel , my PhD advisor at MIT (I didn’t finish) and one of my early mentors, co-wrote two of the seminal papers on how free and open source software ( FOSS – and now FLOSS ) impacts innovation. How Open Source software works: “Free” user-to-user assistance. Open Source Software and the “Private-Collective” Innovation Model: Issues for Organization Science. MORE
A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source. MORE
At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world? MORE
When Alan started writing his column for Network World he asked me for introductions to a bunch of our portfolio companies that were using open source. Earlier today, Alan wrote an article on Standing Cloud titled Seeding the Cloud with Open Source, Standing Cloud Makes It Easy. Related posts: Open Source as a Dumping Group. The Re-Rise of Open Source. Open Source or Closed Source? MORE
In this article, I am going to document the process I went through to open source the code, and package it in a nuget package. I have a piece of code that enables ELMAH SQlErrorLog to pull the connection string from the app settings. MORE
More IT decision-makers are turning to open source to drive better efficiency and digital innovation, as its flexibility enables organisations to build new customer experiences, services and products more quickly. But open source is much more than easily accessible tech. MORE
Open Source, For-Profit Startups – “FairSoftware is the place to start and grow your online business. We help you team with others, track revenue and share it openly and fairly. MORE
Recently, researchers at Rice University released designs for an open-source optogenetics hardware platform. Continue reading on Austin Startups ». biohacking tech biology biotechnology neuroscience MORE
They brought a six point manifesto for clients like AT&T, Marriott, GE, SAB Miller, Campbells Soup and others: Embrace open surce and behave like programmers. Leverage Open Source Platforms. MORE
Many of them are also open source , so you can get a first-hand look at how they work and make modifications to the code, all completely free of charge. Open Source Ecology. The Michigan Institute of Technology (MIT) Game Design course from their open courseware series. MORE
Stores such as Aaron Rents & Sells chain, websites like Quickr and OLX, and auctions are good sources to find used equipment. Use SaaS & Open Source Software. On a tight budget, it really pays to scrimp and save. MORE
The Slides/Video tab on the top of this page has all the open source course material for my classes. One of the great things about being a retired entrepreneur is that I get to give back to the community that helped me. I assembled this collection of free and almost free tools, class syllabi, presentations, books, lectures, videos in the hope that it can make your path as an entrepreneur or educator easier. Free: Startup Tools. MORE
It's time to consider whether it's time for a National Endowment for Open Source. Is there any doubt right now about the strength and power of open source software for accelerating technological innovation? Entrepreneurship Uncategorized open source politics MORE
They’ve released the Polymaps source code on GitHub so any developer can quickly see how the API is used, play around with real production code, and modify the base examples for their own use. Whenever I got source code for any application at a user group meeting, I stared at it, played with it, and tried to understand what it was doing. I spent a lot of time with Btrieve and there were endless source code examples to build on. Last week SimpleGeo and their partner ? MORE
A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source. MORE
Enterprise Software (Open Source Ray Wang tweeted this morning at the incredible brainpower at an SAP blogger session in conjunction with Salesforce’s Dreamforce event this week. I did not feel much envy for not being part of the group. SAP is one of the. MORE
Photo by Daniel Funes Fuentes on Unsplash If you understand software, you would recognize that open source software is continually pushing our limits for innovation. We wouldn’t be where we are today without open source. Open source requires contributors. MORE
Oftentimes, when you hear the arguments for "Why open source?", they are aimed at convincing companies to use open source software. He lists the following "pro open source" reasons: Sponsor. We typically don't see a lot of openness in education. MORE
Source: Pexels. Open Source Code. While it shouldn’t be the ultimate deciding factor for selecting a programming language, it’s worth keeping in mind that certain languages have vast repositories of open source code available online. MORE
skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 5, 2007 Open Source Business Model A recent spate of posts on the challenges of running an open source business is interesting ( Tosh , Siemens , Downes , Tosh 2 ) and quite heated as one of the founders of elgg - a social networking platform aimed at the educational space - Dave Tosh laments - Elgg is the most popular white label social networking platform in the world powering over 2000 networks. MORE
Enterprise Software (Open Source) Industry CommentaryOne of my frustrations with enterprise tech for the last few years is we have paid inordinate amount of attention to horizontal apps – financials, HCM, CRM – and neglected the much more operationally important industry apps. Without hesitation, I. MORE
The post SwRI Leads Open Source Consortium for Robot Makers appeared first on SiliconHills. Editor’s Note: Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio is a nonprofit research and engineering organization with more than 3,000 employees and revenue of $581 million last year. It’s one of the gems of San Antonio’s technology community. You can read more about the organization here. They do work for companies and government agencies and they [.] MORE
Quansight Futures, based in Austin, announced the launch of a new $20 million early-stage investment fund focused on open-source technology. The post Quansight Futures is Raising a $20 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Open-Source Tech Startups appeared first on SiliconHills. MORE
A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source. MORE
Legal docs don’t have to be a source of stress when you’re trying to set up a business. Don’t use these documents blindly ” Taylor Wessing – offers a suite of seed investment documents which are available on an open-source basis. MORE
The new WP Engine Labs will contribute to the Open Source community and serve as the innovation wing of WP Engine’s product suite. WP Engine, a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress, today announced the launch of the new WP Engine Labs and its first innovation, S3 Mirror. Headed [.]. Enterprise Nginx wp engine MORE
Although established giants like Microsoft have proprietary software and systems, much of today’s internet is built on open source software. Brand stories will shine Open source software not only lowers the… This story continues at The Next Web. MORE
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. Youll learn how they pioneered the use of a lot of open source tools at new levels of scale, and even created quite a few more, that are essential scaling aids. MORE
Hackathons and Open Source Invade the Real World. Then I saw this from the record label Ghostly International - they are starting to open up their processes for choosing artwork for their records - writing essays and taking comments about how and why they do it, while they do it. Basically open sourcing and making transparent what was once a closed and opaque process. Hackathons and Open Source Invade the Real World. skip to main | skip to sidebar. MORE
Offers Open Source Legal Insight appeared first on SiliconHills. By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Historically speaking, law is a tangled mess of arcane language wrapped around a maze of pitfalls and risk, and lawyers were the only ones who could safely wield it. But a new Austin startup wants to change that. Lawful.ly, founded by Chris Murphy and Bradley Clark, a [.] The post Austin Startup Lawful.ly Austin MORE
Great blog post by CockroachDB on open source business models and their plans to make money: If you’re serious about building a company around open source software, you must walk a narrow path: introduce paid features too soon, and risk curtailing adoption. MORE
Attempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source. MORE
Benkler cites the model of Free Open Source Software (FOSS), which now accounts for more than 40% of all software (Lerner and Schankerman). Free Open Source Software Trends . MORE
This kind of system is ripe for disruptions and Darin is determined to crack it wide open. Will they accept an open-source state channel? They will demand an open-source code saying that this is the only way to achieve verifiability and trustless operations. MORE
Figure 1 Source: The Collaboration Club. Go for open source tools. One of the ways of doing that is by using the open source tools for the job. Most of the open source tools are available for free and have a good community support. MORE
We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. For the next few years we collaborated on several co-investments and what ultimately attracted us to Guy’s new company (along with co-founders Danny Grander and Assaf Hefetz), was their bold vision to create a new platform for securing open source components with a dev-first focus. MORE
As an entrepreneur who lives at the intersection of the digital and the physical, the public and the private, the open-source and the proprietary data networks, incentives are something I take very seriously. Open-Source Solutions. MORE
” It is still early days for XORP and the platform still needs to address performance and security issues, but the point is that any software product with a large enough installed base can be vulnerable to open source competition. Speaking of open source software, MySQL just announced a new version of its database which has built in load-balancing and automated failover so it can be deployed in large transactional environments. The post Open source Router? MORE
It seems that SCO is making another attempt to hurt the open source movement by claiming that the GPL is unconstitutional and violates federal patent and copyright laws. While many are not concerned and call this a publicity stunt by SCO, the discussion of open source software licenses does remind me of a panel that I recently saw at the Goldman Sachs Software Retreat 2 weeks ago. Isn’t this the antithesis of what open source stands for? MORE
I’ve been at LinkedIn for four months now, and this day gives me the perfect excuse to write a post about two things I love about this place: open source code and big data. Open source: I think LinkedIn has contributed some great open-source products to the world. MORE
Its secret is a business model that focuses on providing a premium service using open source solutions, 90% cheaper than its competition, according to Eleconomista. The post Reduce need for 3rd party apps with open source solution appeared first on The Startup Magazine. MORE
Open Source Related Topics Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
The Slides/Video tab on the top of this page has all the open source course material for my classes. One of the great things about being a retired entrepreneur is that I get to give back to the community that helped me. I assembled this collection of free and almost free tools, class syllabi, presentations, books, lectures, videos in the hope that it can make your path as an entrepreneur or educator easier. Free: Startup Tools.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 31, 2017
More IT decision-makers are turning to open source to drive better efficiency and digital innovation, as its flexibility enables organisations to build new customer experiences, services and products more quickly. But open source is much more than easily accessible tech.
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Grasshopper Herder
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
It's time to consider whether it's time for a National Endowment for Open Source. Is there any doubt right now about the strength and power of open source software for accelerating technological innovation? Entrepreneurship Uncategorized open source politics
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 17, 2010
When Alan started writing his column for Network World he asked me for introductions to a bunch of our portfolio companies that were using open source. Earlier today, Alan wrote an article on Standing Cloud titled Seeding the Cloud with Open Source, Standing Cloud Makes It Easy. Related posts: Open Source as a Dumping Group. The Re-Rise of Open Source. Open Source or Closed Source?
The Startup Magazine
JULY 30, 2017
Its secret is a business model that focuses on providing a premium service using open source solutions, 90% cheaper than its competition, according to Eleconomista. The post Reduce need for 3rd party apps with open source solution appeared first on The Startup Magazine.
SoCal CTO
MARCH 5, 2007
skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 5, 2007 Open Source Business Model A recent spate of posts on the challenges of running an open source business is interesting ( Tosh , Siemens , Downes , Tosh 2 ) and quite heated as one of the founders of elgg - a social networking platform aimed at the educational space - Dave Tosh laments - Elgg is the most popular white label social networking platform in the world powering over 2000 networks.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 15, 2017
Photo by Daniel Funes Fuentes on Unsplash If you understand software, you would recognize that open source software is continually pushing our limits for innovation. We wouldn’t be where we are today without open source. Open source requires contributors.
SiliconHills
AUGUST 30, 2019
Quansight Futures, based in Austin, announced the launch of a new $20 million early-stage investment fund focused on open-source technology. The post Quansight Futures is Raising a $20 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Open-Source Tech Startups appeared first on SiliconHills.
BeyondVC
MARCH 18, 2018
We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. For the next few years we collaborated on several co-investments and what ultimately attracted us to Guy’s new company (along with co-founders Danny Grander and Assaf Hefetz), was their bold vision to create a new platform for securing open source components with a dev-first focus.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 21, 2010
They’ve released the Polymaps source code on GitHub so any developer can quickly see how the API is used, play around with real production code, and modify the base examples for their own use. Whenever I got source code for any application at a user group meeting, I stared at it, played with it, and tried to understand what it was doing. I spent a lot of time with Btrieve and there were endless source code examples to build on. Last week SimpleGeo and their partner ?
The Next Web
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Although established giants like Microsoft have proprietary software and systems, much of today’s internet is built on open source software. Brand stories will shine Open source software not only lowers the… This story continues at The Next Web.
Feld Thoughts
MARCH 29, 2016
Eric von Hippel , my PhD advisor at MIT (I didn’t finish) and one of my early mentors, co-wrote two of the seminal papers on how free and open source software ( FOSS – and now FLOSS ) impacts innovation. How Open Source software works: “Free” user-to-user assistance. Open Source Software and the “Private-Collective” Innovation Model: Issues for Organization Science.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Oftentimes, when you hear the arguments for "Why open source?", they are aimed at convincing companies to use open source software. He lists the following "pro open source" reasons: Sponsor. We typically don't see a lot of openness in education.
VC Cafe
JUNE 18, 2012
Legal docs don’t have to be a source of stress when you’re trying to set up a business. Don’t use these documents blindly ” Taylor Wessing – offers a suite of seed investment documents which are available on an open-source basis.
SiliconHills
DECEMBER 5, 2015
Luke Filipos and Chris Sica founded Austin Coding Academy and then decided to create Open Source Coworking to expand their current business and launch a new one. Our hope is to build a community whose network includes all of the human capital necessary to build any technology,” Filipos said in […] The post Open Source Coworking Opens in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin has another coworking site.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Attempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
A ttempting to create a comprehensive list of free and open source tools will probably always remain ‘work in progress’ just for the sheer depth and breadth of the Internet. We tried to get started in VC Cafe’s Startup Resources page, sites like SourceForge and the Open Source Software Directory do a good job listing many of them, but this curated list from JISC is definitely a good addition. Open source. Open source.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
The activities these people are engaged… Read the rest of this entry » Entrepreneur Profiles News, Technology & The Web Philanthropy creative visionary global village construction set Marcin Jacubowski Nikolay Georgiev open source ecology steve jobsAs promised, this is the first in a series of follow up articles to my original post about the creative visionary, Steve Jobs.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Recently, researchers at Rice University released designs for an open-source optogenetics hardware platform. Continue reading on Austin Startups ». biohacking tech biology biotechnology neuroscience
SiliconHills
JULY 31, 2013
Offers Open Source Legal Insight appeared first on SiliconHills. By SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Historically speaking, law is a tangled mess of arcane language wrapped around a maze of pitfalls and risk, and lawyers were the only ones who could safely wield it. But a new Austin startup wants to change that. Lawful.ly, founded by Chris Murphy and Bradley Clark, a [.] The post Austin Startup Lawful.ly Austin
Software By Rob
AUGUST 11, 2009
At some point in the past year I watched a video of an Eric Sink presentation and he asked the following question (he said it was asked of him by a college student): Why would someone buy your product when it has an open source competitor? Are there exceptions in the open source world?
deal architect
OCTOBER 16, 2015
Enterprise Software (Open Source) Industry CommentaryOne of my frustrations with enterprise tech for the last few years is we have paid inordinate amount of attention to horizontal apps – financials, HCM, CRM – and neglected the much more operationally important industry apps. Without hesitation, I.
The Startup Magazine
JULY 23, 2019
As an entrepreneur who lives at the intersection of the digital and the physical, the public and the private, the open-source and the proprietary data networks, incentives are something I take very seriously. Open-Source Solutions.
SiliconHills
AUGUST 28, 2012
The post SwRI Leads Open Source Consortium for Robot Makers appeared first on SiliconHills. Editor’s Note: Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio is a nonprofit research and engineering organization with more than 3,000 employees and revenue of $581 million last year. It’s one of the gems of San Antonio’s technology community. You can read more about the organization here. They do work for companies and government agencies and they [.]
Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
In this article, I am going to document the process I went through to open source the code, and package it in a nuget package. I have a piece of code that enables ELMAH SQlErrorLog to pull the connection string from the app settings.
BeyondVC
NOVEMBER 26, 2004
It seems that SCO is making another attempt to hurt the open source movement by claiming that the GPL is unconstitutional and violates federal patent and copyright laws. While many are not concerned and call this a publicity stunt by SCO, the discussion of open source software licenses does remind me of a panel that I recently saw at the Goldman Sachs Software Retreat 2 weeks ago. Isn’t this the antithesis of what open source stands for?
Austin Startup
JUNE 27, 2014
The new WP Engine Labs will contribute to the Open Source community and serve as the innovation wing of WP Engine’s product suite. WP Engine, a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress, today announced the launch of the new WP Engine Labs and its first innovation, S3 Mirror. Headed [.]. Enterprise Nginx wp engine
BeyondVC
MARCH 17, 2004
” It is still early days for XORP and the platform still needs to address performance and security issues, but the point is that any software product with a large enough installed base can be vulnerable to open source competition. Speaking of open source software, MySQL just announced a new version of its database which has built in load-balancing and automated failover so it can be deployed in large transactional environments. The post Open source Router?
The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 28, 2019
This kind of system is ripe for disruptions and Darin is determined to crack it wide open. Will they accept an open-source state channel? They will demand an open-source code saying that this is the only way to achieve verifiability and trustless operations.
The Startup Magazine
MARCH 25, 2019
Stores such as Aaron Rents & Sells chain, websites like Quickr and OLX, and auctions are good sources to find used equipment. Use SaaS & Open Source Software. On a tight budget, it really pays to scrimp and save.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
Benkler cites the model of Free Open Source Software (FOSS), which now accounts for more than 40% of all software (Lerner and Schankerman). Free Open Source Software Trends .
Diego Basch
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
I’ve been at LinkedIn for four months now, and this day gives me the perfect excuse to write a post about two things I love about this place: open source code and big data. Open source: I think LinkedIn has contributed some great open-source products to the world.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 5, 2008 Great open source scalability tools from Danga If you are trying to build a scalable LAMP service, its always best to start with the original and still quite relevant presentation, from Brad Fitzpatrick when he was at LiveJournal. Youll learn how they pioneered the use of a lot of open source tools at new levels of scale, and even created quite a few more, that are essential scaling aids.
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 3, 2019
Source: Pexels. Open Source Code. While it shouldn’t be the ultimate deciding factor for selecting a programming language, it’s worth keeping in mind that certain languages have vast repositories of open source code available online.
deal architect
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
Enterprise Software (Open Source Ray Wang tweeted this morning at the incredible brainpower at an SAP blogger session in conjunction with Salesforce’s Dreamforce event this week. I did not feel much envy for not being part of the group. SAP is one of the.
VC Cafe
JANUARY 12, 2014
They brought a six point manifesto for clients like AT&T, Marriott, GE, SAB Miller, Campbells Soup and others: Embrace open surce and behave like programmers. Leverage Open Source Platforms.
Software By Rob
NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Open Source, For-Profit Startups – “FairSoftware is the place to start and grow your online business. We help you team with others, track revenue and share it openly and fairly.
BeyondVC
JANUARY 29, 2017
Great blog post by CockroachDB on open source business models and their plans to make money: If you’re serious about building a company around open source software, you must walk a narrow path: introduce paid features too soon, and risk curtailing adoption.
aweissman.com
APRIL 12, 2012
Hackathons and Open Source Invade the Real World. Then I saw this from the record label Ghostly International - they are starting to open up their processes for choosing artwork for their records - writing essays and taking comments about how and why they do it, while they do it. Basically open sourcing and making transparent what was once a closed and opaque process. Hackathons and Open Source Invade the Real World. skip to main | skip to sidebar.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 25, 2017
Figure 1 Source: The Collaboration Club. Go for open source tools. One of the ways of doing that is by using the open source tools for the job. Most of the open source tools are available for free and have a good community support.
Up and Running
MARCH 11, 2015
Many of them are also open source , so you can get a first-hand look at how they work and make modifications to the code, all completely free of charge. Open Source Ecology. The Michigan Institute of Technology (MIT) Game Design course from their open courseware series.
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