In a groundbreaking acquisition, IBM acquired Red Hat, a company that open-sources all of its products, for $34 billion in 2019. This changed the paradigm of open-source acquisitions, after all, this meant that IBM saw value in a purchase of software that could have been in the open to work with for this major technology…
In the third part of our examination of some of the business models being powered by open-source software, we explore the space of the digital experience platform. One of the obvious advantages of a platform — open-source or proprietary — is the promise of a seamless experience to accomplish a goal. When it comes to…
In the second part of the three part series, we examine another business model of the open-source software economy: the productized service. Unlike the models to support commercial open-source software, productized services take the need for open-source software to be implemented on behalf of clients, and creates repeatable and scalable ways to do so. In…
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In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Jonny Harris. Jonny describes […]
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss a thought-provoking post published by Morten […]
In this episode, Daniel and I get pretty heavy into development tools and using WP CLI, automated testing, and the future of WP-CLI and Open Source. We go a little long, but it’s a great conversation no matter what your background is. Show Notes Daniel Bachhuber WP-CLI Hand Built WP-CLI on make.wordpress Behat Automated Testing…
It’s Episode 26, and JJJ and I talk all about getting an idea and running with it. His plugin Publishiza has a funny origin story that decided to develop. We also talk about publishing where you’re comfortable, seeing your work get used by actual people, and of-course, deep bar thoughts. ?⛈️ Show Notes JJJ | JJJ…
Marcus Couch and I were joined by Steve Burge, founder of OSTraining.com. OSTraining was launched in 2008 and is one … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 142 – Interview With The Founder Of OSTraining, Steve Burge →
In this information packed episode of WordPress Weekly, we were joined by Chris Lema. We discussed a number of topics … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 132 – Not The Kris Kringle Of WordPress →
In this episode of WordPress Weekly, I discussed some of the possible changes I have planned for WPTavern.com. I covered … Continue reading WPWeekly Episode 108 – I Tried →
