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The Minimum Viable Open Source Project – Inspiration from VMware’s OSTC

Open Source Team posted June 5th, 2018

By Nisha Kumar, open source engineer, VMware At minimum, what should go into an open source project to give it the best chance of success? We’ve been asking ourselves this question lately at VMware’s Open Source Technology Center (OSTC). In this post, I’ll share some pointers we’ve come up with on how to get your Read more...

VMware’s Alex Ellis Talks Serverless, OpenFaaS and Open Source at DevNet

Open Source Team posted April 13th, 2018

As the founder of OpenFaaS and a freshly minted member of VMware’s Open Source Technology Center (OSTC), Alex Ellis was the perfect candidate to discuss all things serverless and open source at this year’s Cisco DevNet Create 2018. This two-day, hands-on developer conference, now in its second year and held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain Read more...

The Challenges of Maintaining a Large Open Source Project

Open Source Team posted March 27th, 2018

Today, Kubernetes is one of the fastest growing open source projects next to the Linux kernel, with over 130 commits each week—and that’s just to the main repository. It was recently announced that the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) voted for Kubernetes to become CNCF’s first project to graduate: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/03/06/kubernetes-first-cncf-project-graduate/ One can compare Kubernetes to the Read more...

VMware Welcomes Alex Ellis

Open Source Team posted February 19th, 2018

VMware is happy to welcome Alex Ellis to the VMware Open Source Technology Center (OSTC). Alex, the creator and lead of the OpenFaaS project, joins VMware’s growing team of open source experts to continue his defining work in Functions as a Service (FaaS). Alex’s résumé contains much more than just his technical contributions to OpenFaaS. He’s Read more...

What It Means to Be a Good Open Source Citizen

Open Source Team posted October 12th, 2017

By Tim Pepper Our team recently discussed the word choice in our VMware Open Source Technology Center (OSTC) mission statement. Our goals are to: Establish VMware as a good open source citizen. Build VMware’s presence and influence in relevant projects through meaningful contributions and participation. Develop and promote VMware standards for best practices in open source Read more...

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