How Open Source Attracts Some Of The World's Top Innovators
ZDNet, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
Some of the best and brightest work in open source. Who are these people? How did they get there? Where do they see open source going next?
How big a deal is open source? According to a January 2024 Harvard Business School study, rebuilding open-source software (OSS) would cost $8.8 trillion if companies had to develop equivalent technology. Of that cost, "96% of the demand-side value is created by only 5% of OSS developers."
Who are these people working in open source? How did they come to be there? Where do they see open source going next? These questions and more were addressed this week at the UN Open Source Program Office (OSPO) for Good conference in New York in several panels featuring some of open source's top leaders.