2010 Future of Open Source Forum

The R Project: What was once a secret of drug-development statisticians at pharmaceutical companies, quants on Wall Street, and PhD-level statistical researchers around the globe (not to mention pioneers at Web 2.0 companies like Google and Facebook) is suddenly becoming mainstream. The reason? The perfect storm of a deluge of data, open-source technology, and the rise of predictive analytics.

I’ll be participating on a keynote panel hosted by Michael Skok at the Open Source Business Conference on March 17th, discussing the future of open source - and thought I’d highlight a few trends we’re seeing at Black Duck that are likely to be reflected in the “Future of Open Source” survey results when available. During the panel I’ll speak about many more of these trends, but I’ll share a few interesting examples here.

http://press.redhat.com/2010/02/25/the-future-of-open-source/
by Jim Whitehurst, President & CEO, Red Hat

Next month I’ll be delivering the keynote address at the annual Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) in San Francisco. I have participated in every OSBC since joining Red Hat and I look forward to continuing discussions surrounding open source, technology and business opportunities at this year’s event.

A bold prediction for 2010 would be that the database sector is the one that’s most susceptible to disruption by open source software in the next five years. Here’s why....

Like last year, I'll be attending the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) next month, on March 17-18 in San Francisco. Also like last year, I will participate in a panel discussion led by Michael Skok (Partner at North Bridge, Acquia Board Member and personal friend).

This blog post by Michael Applebaum is cross-posted from the Novell User Communities site.