How open source attracts some of the worlds top innovators
Summary
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. Also: OIN expands Linux patent protection yet again (but not to AI) David Nalley, president of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and director of open-source strategy at Amazon Web Services (AWS), found open source the way many programmers do. For example, Anir Chowdhury, a Bangladesh government policy advisor, described how open source has provided the infrastructure needed by about 140,000 door-to-door community health workers. In the US, we think of open source in terms of high-end infrastructure, such as the cloud, or end-user devices, such as Android phones and Linux desktops -- and we pay serious money for this tech. Bridging the gap between problems and solutions is a mission the UN is trying to solve at this conference in New York, and the Linux Foundation is addressing this issue with its follow-up Whats Next for Open Source meeting.