Models of open sourcing software
Thoughtworks Technology Podcast
Thoughtworks
4.5 • 58 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Open source has become an important model for building interest and trust in a software project. But there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to open source. In this episode our podcasters explore different ways to approach open source and examine whether end-of-life has to mean obsolescence.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Thoughtrix Technology Podcast. |
| 0:12.0 | My name is Alexei. I'm the head of technology for Fortrix Brazil, and I will be one of your hosts this time, together with Rebecca Parsons. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello, Rebecca. Hello, Alexei. Hello, everybody. I'm Rebecca |
| 0:22.6 | Parsons. I am the chief technology officer for ThoughtWorks and one of your co-hosts. And today, we are joined |
| 0:30.7 | by three guests and we're going to be talking about various aspects and approaches to open source. So first I'd like you all to introduce yourself, |
| 0:41.9 | Brandon. Why don't you start? Hi, Brandon Byers. Beninthaw works about 12 years now. Currently |
| 0:49.4 | playing a couple of roles, the market tech director for the central market in North America. And while our |
| 0:58.3 | head of tech for North America is on sabbatical, I'm filling in for her role as well. |
| 1:03.1 | Doc, you want to go next? Sure. Hi, I'm Arvind, Doc. I'm a consultant at Thorpeaths |
| 1:10.2 | with a development background, working with C-Shab, Java, Ruby |
| 1:14.5 | projects in the insurance, healthcare, and retail domains over the years. Over the last few years, |
| 1:22.1 | I've been a product manager for GoCD and open source continuous delivery server started at ThoughtWorks. |
| 1:28.3 | Ann Sable. |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah, hi. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm Zabel. |
| 1:31.3 | I've been with ThoughtWorks for roughly 12 years. |
| 1:35.3 | And during that time, I've been a developer working on a lot of projects. |
| 1:43.3 | But most of my time actually has been spent working on a lot of projects. But most of my time actually has been spent working on a lot of open source projects, |
| 1:49.0 | like the OpenMRS, Rapid FDR, Go CD, and now I'm the product manager for Gage and |
| 1:55.7 | Tyco. |
| 1:56.5 | Okay. |
| 1:57.1 | And then perhaps you could, all three of you could talk a little bit about, |
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