Open source is leaving its vendor roots behind

Commentary: Some of the best open source today is made by enterprises like yours. Here's why that matters. Back in 2009 then Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst declared, "Ultimately, for open source to provide value to all of our customers worldwide, we need to get our customers not only as users of open source products but truly engaged in open source and taking part in the development community." By 2016, he went a step further, arguing, "The majority of IT innovation will come from users, not vendors."