All have extensive track records in open source, but each has a slightly different take. Red Hat , Kimball reflects, clearly ‘figured out’ the model for commercial OSS before the days of cloud, becoming the dominant force in the commercial OSS business. Additionally, OSS Capital organizes the commercial OSS community conference, OpenCoreSummit.com. Kearns believes that focus on these key tenets will see commercial OSS vendors through: engagement with contributors, transparency towards stakeholders, and outreach towards community. Why open source in the first place?

Source: Forbes June 11, 2019 13:41 UTC