The Business of Open Source

Randy Abernethy, Managing Director at RX-M, joins me for a chat about the relationship between open source and cloud native.

Show Notes

Randy Abernethy, Managing Director at RX-M, joins me for a chat about the relationship between open source and cloud native.
 

In this episode, Randy and I discuss how the clients he works with at RX-M are looking to cloud-native as part of their forward-thinking strategies. Tune into this episode to learn how Randy sees the C-Suite viewing open source, how he sees clients evaluate risk in open-source projects, and his views on the relationship between open source and cloud native.


Highlights:
  • Randy introduces himself and his company, RX-M (00:46)
  • Why do companies come to RX-M for help when evaluating and implementing cloud native? (03:44)
  • How do RX-M clients approach open source? (9:35)
  • What are the C-Suite’s views open source (16:19)
  • How Randy’s clients evaluate risk in open-source projects (23:34)
  • The role CNCF plays in how companies evaluate and implement cloud-native solutions (30:31)
  • Randy’s view on the relationship between open source and cloud native (32:39)


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