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The Case for Open Source Software, Revisited

Written by Paul Walker | 9/22/17 3:46 PM

Open Source Strategy Forum 2017 Keynote Preview

The Open Source Software (OSS) movement is one of the more important and successful examples of collective problem solving that we’ve seen in our lifetimes. Through flexible collaboration, a broad group of individuals have worked together to create software which changes the lives of billions by delivering software to every branch of life, including financial services.

 

Paul Walker is a Brooklyn-based technologist and philanthropist advising companies and investors in AI and FinTech. He is a board member at Openfin and and a senior adviser at Motive Partners, and retired as a partner from Goldman Sachs in 2015.

Read the full keynote preview on the Open Source Strategy Forum blog.