OpenSouthCode el evento de Open Source del sur de la Península Ibérica

Este sábado 6 de mayo se vuelve a celebrar el OpenSouthCode, el principal evento FLOSS que hay en el sur de la Península Ibérica. Tiene lugar en Málaga y esta edición cuenta con un programa más amplio incluso que la pasada. El día anterior, el viernes 5 de mayo, hay varios meetups en la misma … Continue reading OpenSouthCode el evento de Open Source del sur de la Península Ibérica

Why Codethink is a founding member of the Civil Infrastructure Platform, a Linux Foundation initiative

This blogpost was originally published on the Codethink website on Thursday March 9th.On April 4th 2016 a new Linux Foundation initiative called the Civil Infrastructure Platform was announced. CIP aims to share efforts around building a Linux-based commodity platform for industrial grade products that need to be maintained for anything between 25 and 50 years … Continue reading Why Codethink is a founding member of the Civil Infrastructure Platform, a Linux Foundation initiative

Automotive supply chain and Open Source: a personal view

Software in automotive yesterday The automotive industry has treated software like any other component, as part of the traditional, well structured and highly controlled supply chain. Tier-1's has been providing software to car auto-makers for some years now and both together have done what they have could to prevent consumers or downstream players in the … Continue reading Automotive supply chain and Open Source: a personal view

Business model as a variable to consider when choosing Open Source software.

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk at an Open Source event for professionals. A senior developer asked me a question that got my attention. It was something like... So do you recommend to consider the business model when choosing a particular piece of Open Source software, beyond the license? My answered was … Continue reading Business model as a variable to consider when choosing Open Source software.

Automotive, what an opportunity for KDE!

During the last year I've focused a significant part of my effort on driving the GENIVI Development Platform, together with some Codethink colleagues and other GENIVI professionals and community members. What is GENIVI Development Platform? GENIVI Development Platform (GDP) is a project and an outcome. As a project, it can be defined as the delivery … Continue reading Automotive, what an opportunity for KDE!

Moving from a traditional product/release focused delivery model to a rolling model

The past few weeks the GDP delivery team together with some key contributors, has been working on a not very visible but still important change. The GDP project has put the basis to turn GDP release based delivery model to a "rolling" one. My colleagues will provide in a coming post the technical details behind … Continue reading Moving from a traditional product/release focused delivery model to a rolling model