Open innovation

Over the past few years at the Eclipse Foundation, I have gotten to know the community through numerous projects and events. The more people I meet, the more it reinforces my belief that our values are a big part of what makes the foundation special. Our community consists of members...

Recently, the streaming data analytics startup Confluent announced that it had closed a $125 million Series D funding round. With the company’s value pegged at $2.5 billion, Confluent became the latest open source “unicorn.” To say that the open source community is on a roll would be an understatement. In...