"This year marks a special anniversary for Linux, as the open-source operating system turns 25" writes Sean Michael Kerner. Read his reflections on the leaps and bounds by Linux over the years.
http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/slideshows/linux-4.7-shows-how-far-the-open-source-os-has-come-in-25-years.htmlThe government's agencies will now share more open source code with each other; The White House released federal source code policy, requiring agencies to release 20% new code they commission as OSS. This new development is helped, in part, by The Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative
http://www.wired.com/2016/08/open-source-won-now/Heather Kirksey, director of The Linux Foundation's OPNFV, explains that the project is well past the "hype" into the "implementation" phase. More of her thoughts shared at the OPNFV Summit in this article.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/23/operators_keen_to_ditch_clunky_networks_and_move_to_software_architecture/"We can look to the OpenStack Foundation, Cloud Foundry Foundation, Linux Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Open Container Initiative, Open API Initiative and many others as examples" writes Dr. Angel Diaz about attracting top dev talent.
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