Steve Carl and whurley (William Hurley) - Open Source is a Journey

“Open source” means more than just access to source code or free redistribution of source code. It is a concept that influences how your company works and makes decisions. For some IT companies, open source is a central approach, for others it’s one of many approaches…or it’s not even on the radar. Regardless of your position, adopting open source and putting it into practice does not happen overnight. Join Steve Carl and whurley in this podcast series as they explore the ups and downs of the Open Source Journey.

Open Source is a Journey, Part 1 of 2 - Steve Carl, manager of R&D Open Systems Support and whurley (William Hurley), Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

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Open Source can influence every department and aspect of your organization from R&D, marketing and legal, down to the financial ledger. The most revolutionary aspect of open source is it’s collaborative nature.  Similar to social media, open source requires community collaboration and conversation. Listen to this podcast to hear whurley and Steve Carl’s conversation about Dell’s new Linux-loaded PCs, the pitfalls of a patent-happy companies, and the financial impact of open source.

Open Source is a Journey, Part 2 of 2 - Steve Carl, manager of R&D Open Systems Support and whurley (William Hurley), Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc.

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Open source is not only a pervasive buzz term in the IT community; it’s a loaded term as well. Open source is an idea, a culture, a process and a journey. In this podcast Steve Carl and whurley discuss these concepts, as well as the difference between radical innovation and modification; why IBM has embraced open source; the fear of open source; its origins and its future.

Resources

Contact whurley and give him feedback on BMC's open source strategy

whurley's blog: opensville

Steve Carl's blog:  Adventures in Linux

Bios

Steve Carl is the manager of R&D Open Systems Support for BMC Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise management solutions. His team supports over 50 different versions of UNIX, Microsoft Windows from NT 3.51 on, and a wide variety of Linux distributions across many platforms. Mr. Carl has over 20 years of computer industry experience and has been with BMC Software for over 14 years in a variety of roles including VM systems programming, OS/400 system programming, corporate email support, and project management for a large Oracle Financials migration. He led the team that hooked BMC Software up to the Internet and deployed its first Web pages. Prior to working at BMC Software, Mr. Carl worked at a subcontractor to NASA at the Johnson Space Center on a similarly wide-ranging series of projects.

whurley (William Hurley) is the chief architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Also known as "whurley," he is responsible for creating BMC's open source agenda and overseeing the company's participation in various free, and open source software communities to advance the adoption and integration of BSM solutions. A technology visionary and holder of 11 important patents, whurley brings 16 years of experience in developing groundbreaking technology. He is the chairman of the Open Management Consortium, a non-profit organization advancing the adoption, development, and integration of open source systems management. Named as an IBM Master Inventor, whurley has received numerous awards including an IBM Pervasive Computing Award and Apple Computer Design Award.

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Ynema Mangum, Executive Producer
Dana Farver, Communities Editor-in-Chief
Tom Parish, Audio Producer
Patty Fadhouli, Editor

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