Identifying Successful Open Source Projects

As open source companies and projects enter a transition phase of funding, licensing, community participation, let’s look at the characteristics of successful open source projects. SHOW: 834SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #834 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSOR:Panoptica, Cisco’s Cloud Application Security solutionSHOW NOTES:10 Years of Kubernetes30 Years of Linux10 Years of OpenStack25 Years of JavaWHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN IN OPEN SOURCE?There are 1000s of widely used open source projects, from Linux to Java to MySQL to Docker to Kubernetes to MongoDBLess projects are successful from a monetization perspective, but that’s about individual business modelsPlenty of companies during the 2010s-2020s treated open source as “marketing” and not really a development modelWHAT DOES COMMERCIAL SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN OPEN SOURCE?Wide usage infrastructure - Linux, Kubernetes, OpenStackComplex projects vs. “it just works”Critical security - VaultComplex data services - MongoDB, KafkaMany companies contributing (share the costs) - Linux, KubernetesManagement / Observability Engines - Crossplane, PrometheusProgramming Languages - Java, Rust, Go, Python, Ruby, etc.Cloud services hiding complexityCloud services stretching across cloudsSingle vendor projects - often move to non-OSS licensingSingle vendor projects - difficult to maintain at scaleFEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod