MasterTips: Open Source panel with Chris DiBona, Stormy Peters, Nithya Ruff and Sam Ramji

The DevRelX Podcast (ex Under the Hood of Developer Marketing)

Theme of the week:

Let's listen to the pros talk Open Source!

Today's episode is about Open Source.

And who is better to talk about it than an industry all-star panel!

This episode is part of our MasterTips series, which include tips from industry leaders.

It is a panel discussion from the Future Developer Summit, an exclusive event for developer marketing industry leaders.

The discussion focuses on Open Source software and contributions, from the following industry all-stars:

• Chris DiBona, Director of Open Source at Google,
• Nithya Ruff, Executive Director of OSPO at Comcast,
• Stormy Peters, Director of Open Source Office at Microsoft
• And the panel moderator: Sam Ramji, CTO at DataStax

Some of the topics they discussed are:

• How does your company decide when to contribute to Open Source?
• Are there projects from hobbyists that drive major company contributions?
• How can we open up Open Source?
• Should we include non-developers in Open Source for content and use-cases?
• What job title will help you be more successful in OSPO? Do you really need a title?

All these questions answered in our latest episode.

Don’t worry that you missed the event. You can watch all sessions on-demand at www.futuredeveloper.io

Intro Music: Planting Flags by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)