Open source is a common technological equilibrium for exchanging intellectual and financial values. But the lack of an open funding infrastructure means, there still what we can wish for… After working with open source for over a decade, from startups to the world’s largest open source company, and cataloging more than 100 open source monetization and funding platforms for my side project, I came to a realization. The term open source does not have a broad enough perspective to…

Money is a function of your identity, and its reach to others This is my summary of the awesome podcast by Naval titled “How to Get Rich(without getting lucky)”. In short, you won’t get rich renting out your time where inputs (your time) and outputs (the value your create) are highly correlated. Instead, one way to get rich is by getting paid…

Learn about 7 open source cryptocurrency technologies and resources for leveraging your Java expertise. Top technology prognosticators have listed blockchain among the top 10 emerging technologies with the potential to revolutionize our world in the next decade, which makes it well worth investing your time now to learn. If you are a developer with a Java background who wants to get up to speed…

Here is one way to look at distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and blockchain in the context of integration evolution. Enterprise integration has multiple nuances. Integration challenges within an organization, where all systems are controlled by one entity and participants have some degree of trust to each other, are mostly addressed by modern ESBs, BPMs and Microservices architectures. But when it comes to multi-party B2B integration, there are additional challenges…

“Treat open source as open source treats you.” The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one’s self would wish to be treated. It is a maxim that is found in many religions and cultures and it is considered an ethic of reciprocity. It is expressed usually in…

Open source is like a forest A forest is a complex ecosystem of plants, animals microorganisms, non-living material, all balanced delicately by nature. It requires the right geography, the right soil, the right amount of rain and sun, and decades to build a forest. So is open source. An open source project is a delicate ecosystem…

Recently I had a chance to play a little bit with the open source permissioned JVM based blockchain platform Corda. I was surprised to discover how it blends blockchain ideas with the commodity middleware technology and creates a new brief of decentralized enterprise integration. Below are my first impressions from…

Over the last two decades open source has been expanding into all aspects of technology: from software to hardware, from small disruptive startup technologies to large boring enterprise software, from open standards to open patents. In this short post, I will try to call out a three tendencies that I…

By Bilgin Ibryam on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — I’ve been involved with open source over a decade now. I’ve been part of small projects with innovative ideas which grew into large projects with solid communities. I’ve also witnessed how dysfunctional communities can suck the energy of projects for years. All that thanks to the open source development and…