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Open Source Webinars: BlackDuck + CollabNet on Application Development

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Roberto Galoppini
on April 14, 2010
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CollabNet - that will soon host a free live virtual conference about agile application development - and Black Duck Software - that just announced a brilliant 1st quarter - will deliver on the 21 of April a joint webinar around leveraging new techniques in software development.

Tim Yeaton, CEO of Black Duck Software (interview), and Bill Portelli, CEO of Collabnet (interview), will answer the question of how to improve development by leveraging: Continue reading ‘Open Source Webinars: BlackDuck + CollabNet on Application Development’

Apache Incubator: Extraordinary Made Ordinary, the Subversion case

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Roberto Galoppini
on November 26, 2009
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Few days ago Subversion has been submitted to the Apache Incubator, a move praised by many as the natural fit for both projects, both for technical reasons (Apache projects use Subversion, Subversion relies on many Apache projects) and a shared vision about IP (same license) and community governance (same voting process).

Bill Portelli, Collabnet CEO, and Justin Erenkrantz,  Apache Software Foundation President, answered few questions aimed at better  understanding if and at which extent this is a win-win move. Let’s start from the corporate side.

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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.