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On episode six of the podcast, we talked to Dirk Riehle, a professor of open source software at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. Before entering the world of academia, Dirk worked in the software industry for over a decade, including a tenure at SAP Research as the leader of their open...

On the fourth episode of the Entrepreneurial Open Source Podcast, Thabang and I welcomed Miro Spönemann, general manager and software architect at TypeFox. Based in Kiel, Germany, TypeFox helps businesses and engineers become more productive and innovate faster through custom developer tools and languages. Open source frameworks are essential to...

Today, four European non-profit open source organizations announced they have joined forces in the OSPO Alliance, and I’m very pleased to tell you the Eclipse Foundation is one of those organizations. By collaborating with the other OSPO Alliance participants, we will help public and private organizations in Europe and around...

I recently shared a Q&A with Cédric Brun, program committee chair for EclipseCon 2021, who explained how the program is chosen. Now, we highlight five talks that the committee chose for early acceptance, along with Cédric’s insights on why the program committee was excited to include these talks. Open-Source in...

On the second episode of the Entrepreneurial Open Source Podcast, Thabang and I talked to Glenn Ergeerts and Frank Gielissen of Aloxy, an industrial IoT (IIoT) startup based in Antwerp. Aloxy specializes in the chemical and oil and gas industries, building infrastructure sensors that monitor the positions of critical valves...

The Eclipse Foundation AISBL is now officially a member of the GAIA-X AISBL and Michael Plagge running for a seat on the Board of Directors. Please help us spread the word to existing GAIA-X members. If your company is a member, please tell your company representative that they should vote...

The early bird proposal deadline for EclipseCon 2021 is fast approaching. Submit a proposal by June 1, 2021 for a chance to be one of the first five talks selected for the program! With ten different topics, including our core technology pillars for Cloud Native for Java, IoT and Edge...

EclipseCon is the leading conference for developers, architects, and open source business leaders to learn about Eclipse technologies and share best practices. With the objective of meeting the community’s needs, the sessions and keynotes at EclipseCon are chosen by an independent program committee made up of volunteers from the Eclipse...

While virtual events have become the norm these days, taking part in a large-scale, multi-day virtual event, such as EclipseCon 2020, will be a new experience for many of us. To help you enjoy the best possible EclipseCon experience, we’ve compiled some tips and suggestions to consider as you plan...

As you’re planning your EclipseCon 2020 experience, be sure to reserve time to attend the Community Day events on Monday, October 19 from 14:00 to 18:00 CET. Community Day sessions and round tables are organized by Eclipse Foundation community groups and are a great way to learn more about the...