Tag Archive for 'Software Quality'

SOS Open Source: Code Quality Tools, Sonar

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by
Roberto Galoppini
on September 3, 2010
in SOS Open Source
. 1 Comment

During the devSonar logoelopment of SOS Open Source we analyzed over 60 tools to evalute open source software, and among them we came across Sonar. Sonar is a company-led project sponsored by SonarSource, one of the five winners of the Open Innovation Award held last year at the Open World Forum in Paris.

In my last year’s note on SonarSource I succintly wrote: “Solid product, promising line of development, they just need more public attention.” SonarSource was my second best after Kaltura, and I still think they deserve more attention.

More about Sonar evaluation at SOS Open Source.

Open Source Quality: Application Architecture Data from Over 2,500 Projects Made Available

Published
by
Roberto Galoppini
on February 17, 2009
in Get these facts and Open Source Recommendations
. 1 Comment

Coverity - a company specialized in software integrity products and testing services - today announced the publication of application architecture data from over 2,500 popular open source software projects on www.scan.coverity.com.

All data is provided as an extension of Coverity’s work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a Creative Commons license, and individual developers and open source vendors can freely benefit from it.

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Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
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.