When Kevin Stewart worked at Heptio, open source offerings were part of their business model. Here he shares how they created successful open source projects for their community.
Many people are passionate about the topic of open source. Some have strong opinions about what should or shouldn’t be considered open source, while others debate its merits compared to free software (free as in freedom, not free as in free beer).
There’s also a lot of confusion around open source, especially when you start positioning open source offerings as part of a company’s business model, and terms like ‘open core’ and ‘commercial open software’ are thrown into the mix.