Open source and edge computing

In this section, we’ll go over the benefits and trade-offs for companies relying on open source software (OSS) projects to supplement, support, and standardize their software product development process. You’ll learn about how to build support in your company to use and contribute to open source foundations, and you’ll become an advocate for this decades-old approach to collaborative endeavor.

Edge computing and OSS are intertwined

Edge computing, as it is now implemented, first began in earnest in late 2015 as an outgrowth of cloud computing (see https://dzone.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-edge) and so is much younger than open source software development. However, it began to hit critical mass in late 2018, just as the Linux Foundation began organizing its hundreds of open source projects into themed umbrella groups around natural affinities (meaning, categories naturally organized around a shared industry, technology, or...