Open Source technology use in elections whitepaper hot-off-the-press, 3 reports from FINOS, the Linux Foundation & Unified Patents, an exclusive interview with our CEO & industry headlines.
February 2023
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Welcome to our latest issue of INSIDER! This issue unveils a fantastic interview with our CEO in LINE, a new publication that addresses the intersection of technology, finance & law; a whitepaper about the use of Open Source technology in elections, as well as industry reports from the Fintech Open Source Foundation, Linux Foundation & Unified Patents with insights into the current Open Sourcelandscape.
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Dealmakers conducts an in-depth interview with our CEO, Keith Bergelt, who lives at the center of an open world. Significant changes are taking place in Big Tech, where some enterprises embrace Open Source models, while others sell their patent portfolios. So, some people are wondering if the fundamental relevance of patents and their future value is shifting. Read More (see page 14) →
Open Source & Its Impact on Elections — An OIN Whitepaper
Will Open Source Technology Safeguard Political Elections One Day? Open Source is far reaching & governments around the world are starting to integrate — or at least discover — the benefits of Open Source Technology to support elections.
The global Open Source Services Market is expected to grow from $25.6 billion (USD) in 2022 to $54.1 billion in 2027 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16.2%, says MarketsandMarkets™. Asia Pacific will grow the fastest, increasing cloud spending 25% during the same period.
By 2025, the number of lines of code in the average luxury car will double from the current level of 100 million and will grow to one billion in full-self-driving cars. Why? Consumers today place high value on software technologies. Open Source Software (OSS) will allow automotive companies & suppliers to meet these challenges. Read More →
India’s smartphone market — which is built on Open Source — is projected to reach 175 million units in 2023, which is a 10% growth following 2022’s 5% decline. Read More →
The World of Open Source: Europe Spotlight 2022 describes the state of Open Source across the European continent, examines priorities & challenges and analyzes the activity levels of consumption, contributions, inhibitors, motivators & opportunities. Read More →
The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act — America’s most significant investment in clean energy — provides the opportunity to decarbonize its economy at an unprecedented pace. Open Source tools will help make the transition happen. Read More →
OIN MEMBER NEWS
In an unexpected move in the Open Source community, Intrinsic — a company within Alphabet (Google) that develops software for industrial robots — acquires Open Source Robotics Corporation (OSRC). Intrinsic's mission is to “democratize access to robotics” through software tools giving traditional industrial robots “the ability to sense, learn and automatically make adjustments as they’re completing tasks.” Read More →
Nearly 30 Open Source tech leaders are urging the new U.S. Congress to prioritize protecting consumer privacy in blockchain regulation. Read More →
Operating ATMs, mobile banking apps, bitcoin & blockchain, among other digital services, requires Open Source. The Banking & Financial Service industries are realizing they need to get onboard. So, it’s not surprising Fintech Open Source Foundation’s (FINOS)2022 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey reports increases in the industries’ Open Source consumption & contribution. Free Report Download →
Red Hat’s Open Source embeddable planning engine — OptaPlanner — is now public. “Every organization faces planning problems; that is, they provide products and services with a limited set of constrained resources (employees, assets, time, and money),” a company spokesperson told SDX Central. OptaPlanner helps navigate & scale complexities, like those impacting the Southwest Airlines meltdown.
THE WEEK interviews Manu Dhir, General Manager of SUSE’s India Centre of Excellence, about the increasing adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) and how Indian developers play a significant role in the evolving ecosystem. Read More →
Unified Patents has released its 2022 Patent Dispute Report verifying Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) and Patent Aggregators continued increasing their activities. Along with the Linux Foundation and Microsoft, OIN founded the Unified Patents Open Source Zone to facilitate the invalidation of PAE patents on Open Source functionality.
