Open source @ BMC: whurley speaks
The Open Road
For the last few days Matt Asay has been discussing Oracle, Novell, and SAIC and how open source affects their strategy and operational plans. Today he’s discussing BMC Software and featuring a guest post from yours truly.
Today I wanted to talk with a company that has not traditionally been known for its open source work. BMC Software. I have been talking with the open source group at BMC for over a year, but I rarely heard much open source noise emerging from the company. That is, until BMC hired Will Hurley from Qlusters, and then suddenly I heard a lot more.
I caught up with Will late last week to find out what open source secrets BMC has been hiding from the world. As it turns out, open source is alive and well at BMC, and growing. Funny that: I’ve yet to talk with a company for whom open source doesn’t figure prominently in its strategic direction. Maybe there’s a trend here…?
I want to thank Matt for taking the time to speak with me. I’m taking the 4th off, so enjoy Matt’s series and I’ll be back next week.
