• I've analyzed the tech stack of nearly 500 open-source companies https://openalternative.co/stacks 46 comments 13/1/2025 webdev
• Open-source textbook company sued by three major publishers. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/3-major-publishers-sue-open-education-textbook-start-up 120 comments 10/4/2012 technology
• 98 Percent of Companies Use Open-Source, 29 Percent Contribute Back http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2367829,00.asp 47 comments 17/8/2010 linux
• Red Hat acquires API management company 3scale, will open-source the code http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/22/red-hat-acquires-api-management-company-3scale-will-open-source-the-code/ 8 comments 23/6/2016 linux
• ​Red Hat becomes first $2b open-source company http://zdnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/35462/f/675685/s/4e72b894/sc/28/l/0l0szdnet0n0carticle0cred0ehat0ebecomes0efirst0e2b0eopen0esource0ecompany0c0tftag0frssbaffb68/story01.htm 348 comments 23/3/2016 linux
• The company I work for just open-sourced all its tools for Node / Javascript development https://github.com/gikmx 21 comments 6/11/2017 javascript
• It's an open-source world: ​78 percent of companies run open-source software http://www.zdnet.com/article/its-an-open-source-world-78-percent-of-companies-run-open-source-software/ 150 comments 17/4/2015 linux
• IBM Buys "Red Hat" Open-Source Software Company for $34 Billion https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/ibm-redhat-tech-acquisition.html 29 comments 29/10/2018 worldnews
• Open-source companies gather to gripe: Cloud giants sell our code as a service – and we get the square root of nothing https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/20/open_source_companies_cloud/ 49 comments 21/9/2019 linux
• Open Source Textbook Company Now at 400 Colleges Wired.com http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/open-source-textbook-company-now-bmoc-at-400-colleges/# 9 comments 22/8/2009 business
• Top Companies Contributing to Open Source - 2011/2021 https://statisticsanddata.org/data/top-companies-contributing-to-open-source-2011-2020/ 9 comments 22/6/2021 dotnet
• Swedish companies that open source their software http://www.opensourcesweden.se 6 comments 22/4/2017 programming
• How to contribute to open source, for companies http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/576 15 comments 18/10/2010 programming
• In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/is-the-software-world-taking-too-much-from-the-open-source-community/ 32 comments 16/10/2019 programming
• Should I contribute to a company's open source tool before the interview? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/5ydgpm/should_i_contribute_to_a_companys_open_source/ 5 comments 9/3/2017 cscareerquestions
• Are there any successful companies or public institutions with complex IT infrastructure, which don't depend on paid services, only their own IT staff and free and open-source operating systems? Are the liability/money issues in case of failure affordable? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/b25eog/are_there_any_successful_companies_or_public/ 12 comments 18/3/2019 sysadmin
• Microsoft Buys Open Source Data Privacy Company https://www.linux.com/news/microsoft-buys-open-source-data-privacy-company 10 comments 30/7/2019 linux
• Why do companies contribute to open source projects? Here are the reasons. http://carlodaffara.conecta.it/?p=293 17 comments 2/8/2009 programming
• Seven Companies Decide Open Source Is the Future of Cellphone Technology http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/10/04/seven-companies-decide-open-source-is-the-future-of-cellphone-technology/ 3 comments 4/10/2007 reddit.com
• Why do companies develop and maintain open source frameworks? https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/95y2vc/why_do_companies_develop_and_maintain_open_source/ 16 comments 9/8/2018 webdev
• Are Companies Scanning Open Source Commit Logs And Patenting What They Find? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101129/01154212032/are-companies-scanning-open-source-commit-logs-patenting-what-they-find.shtml 3 comments 2/12/2010 opensource
• Amazon shifts Lumberyard to open source 3D game engine supported by 20 companies https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/06/amazons-lumberyard-becomes-an-open-source-3d-game-engine-with-support-from-20-companies/ 180 comments 7/7/2021 programming
• Gradle Grabs $4.2 Million To Expand Commercial Company Around Open Source Build System http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/10/gradle-grabs-4-2-million-to-build-commercial-company-around-open-source-developer-automation-tool/?sr_share=facebook 9 comments 10/12/2015 java
• Microsoft's Mark Russinovich calls the company's previous open source ban an "arbitrary rule" http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-russinovich-microsofts-resistance-to-open-source-was-an-arbitrary-rule-2015-6 7 comments 24/6/2015 linux
• Pros and cons of open source software for companies (use this to convince an exec) http://blog.informous.com/2011/01/should-my-company-use-open-source-software/ 6 comments 31/1/2011 opensource
• Rally Fighter: the first open source car company to reach production http://www.local-motors.com/rf 7 comments 8/2/2010 technology
• Profitable bitcoin companies that have never contributed anything to bitcoin dev or open source code have no basis to complain. https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/806817557713920000 37 comments 8/12/2016 btc
• Matteo Collina & David Clements: Companies Should Enable Their Devs to Contribute Back to Open Source https://medium.com/@amsterdamjs/matteo-collina-david-clements-companies-should-enable-their-devs-to-contribute-back-to-open-1a37dea860ca 4 comments 7/5/2019 javascript
• AI companies are open sourcing environments to allow the public to test their models. Is this really going to lead to a breakthrough? https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/5joqh1/ai_companies_are_open_sourcing_environments_to/ 10 comments 22/12/2016 artificial
• Particle physics research to go open source in the wake of complaints against academic publishing companies http://www.openequalfree.org/particle-physics-bares-all-publishers-blush/16403 13 comments 4/10/2012 science
• So now even obscure little companies feel threatened by open source? "The hidden costs of Dokan ..." http://www.eldos.com/cbfs/no-dokan.php 5 comments 22/10/2010 opensource
• Open source isn’t for everyone, of course. But even companies that aren’t well-suited for open source are adopting some open source techniques for internal development, known as “inner sourcing.” http://simplicity.laserfiche.com/why-you-need-to-care-about-inner-sourcing/ 3 comments 31/8/2015 opensource
• Odin company has published source code of kernel 3.10 and made Virtuozzo development process open (xpost /r/virtuozzo) http://lists.openvz.org/pipermail/announce/2015-april/000579.html 3 comments 27/4/2015 linux
• New concept? "Open Source Design" This company is sharing access to their production Figma files and it's pretty sweet! https://narative.co/design/open/hopper 9 comments 27/9/2018 web_design
• The Gnome Foundation is under attack by Groupon- and they need your help! Help save a 17 year Open Source project from the legal team of a $2.5 billion dollar company. https://www.gnome.org/groupon/ 9 comments 11/11/2014 opensource
• Feds open apparent investigation of former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s ties to pot company, source says https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2023/06/feds-issue-subpoena-in-apparent-investigation-of-former-secretary-of-state-shemia-fagans-ties-to-pot-company-source-says.html 4 comments 6/6/2023 politics
• NextRocket.space - Website to track future (and past) rocket launches and filter by date, company, vehicle, payload and destination. Also developing open source desktop countdown clocks connected to the database. http://nextrocket.space/ 16 comments 2/4/2017 space
• (Not sure if this belongs in Technology, but I think so) NPR: CIA has a place called the Open Source Network and Tracks Public Information via social networks, and outsources the tracking of US citizens to private companies because it would be illegal for the CIA to do it themselves http://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145587161/cia-tracks-public-information-for-the-private-eye?ps=cprs 11 comments 22/1/2012 technology
• It’s open source software that's eating the world - In the past five years, the number of dollars invested in OSS companies has increased by almost a factor of 10 compared to the previous five years. http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/06/its-actually-open-source-software-thats-eating-the-world/ 6 comments 12/12/2015 sysadmin
• Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia’s Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters on Saturday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-pdvsa-banks-exclus/exclusive-venezuela-shifts-oil-ventures-accounts-to-russian-bank-document-sources-iduskcn1py0n3?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 5 comments 10/2/2019 worldnews