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robust communities and transparent governance is key; doing things in the open allows for more democratic solutions; meritocrisy

dominant leadership and contribution early in the project's lifecycle

does foundation mean platform or organization?

@sumalaika We're referring here to organizations (i.e. Linux Foundation, #OpenStack Foundation, Cloud Foundry Foundation, etc.)

You need lots of contributors, and not just from the founding company

@furrier Agreed on all of that. I would also add engaged and committer members, as well as clear focus, goals, and mission.

vetting the trolls is alway a major to do item

Common Goals and enthusiastic participants

@fehguy But you also want the *right* contributors in addition to volume, correct?

@fehguy Building on that, you need those contributors to have a keen eye for inclusion of new ideas and diverse members.

get as many users as you can to become contributors.

separation between the governing aspect and technical work is not optional

definitely. A consensus-driven project looks like mud if there aren't strong opinions and the right leaders

good infrastructure

Not to advertise, but the crowd should take a look at the Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects ecosystem for some great examples of well run foundations and projects http://collabproject...

have a conference or meetups to engage external communities

@fehguy the people that deal with the administrative side of a foundation are usually not the most technical. People in the community tend to trust hardcore techies better.

In investigating foundations for @OpenApiSpec there are definitely differences in which ones work best. For us, it was Linux Foundation

@piscisaureus True, but this raises the need for open source minded professionals to get more engaged ( legal, operations, evangelism )

true thing. In the Node Foundation we have professionals for those things, but there's a watershed that keeps technical decision making in the hands of the developers.

@jmertic shameless plug.... but had to be done... good work that man.

get involved, get on a mailing list, write code, go to Github and downloads something.... basically get involved....

Open communication, active community interaction and representation, and constant contact with the "ground level" activities of anything open source.

how we drive community engagement from those who have a day job is key, some great minds also have to earn a paycheck and feed kids

Already there are many (>30) open source big data projects at apache listed here https://projects.apa... - there will be many more

When we stop talking about technology for technologies sake, and we start talking about technology because it's solving real world business pain.

lots of room to standardize on many of the technologies we're all relying on.

More of the big data landscape will become open source see - http://mattturck.com...

@blueboxjesse here's the mic. I picked it up. you dropped it.

@blueboxjesse Still too much disconnect between devs and end users.

data analytics is an obvious one to improve as @sumalaika said

paying for data + compute + people for ML is ridiculous for a small co (I know firsthand)

@BlueBoxJesse What are some ways to bridge that divide?

standardizing to some degree on formats, exchanges, etc is very critical.

@benkepes brought up the notion of cross-group KPI's. responsibility usually breeds understanding

good, well documented apis (i'm biased of course)

It requires a change in perspective from the foundations involved, from the developers, from those prioritizing technology, and from those vendors bringing these offerings to market.

@blueboxjesse And I would add a clear connect to revenue for the business(es) involved.

@fehguy and standadizing on shared open data - currently many semantic silos for data

@sumalaika that's the only way to compete with the big guys' data arsenal

IoT will drive such massive scale requirements on back end infrastructures so eating that pan out will be interesting

Blockchain is a very exciting area and the Hyperledger Project should be fun to watch develop...

Software has been advancing so quickly, it's literally impossible to build everything in-house

Going open taps into an enormous amount of talent across the world too

It is much quicker to make progress through collaboration

I do believe strongly that open tech is removing the need to build plumbing in software. Now you get to focus on business logic and real value

It creates a "distributed genius" that spans geographies, cultures, and experiences http://www.linuxfoun...

there are many more tools that make it is easy to develop open source software like github

ooh you should trademark "distributed genius", @jmertic

The breadth and depth of Open Source technology being produced and maintained has exploded over the last decade. We're now seeing an abundance and sophistication of Open Source software unlike anything we've ever witnessed.

way better than "distributed failure"

Open source is mature & a new generation of developers with cloud/mobile/data are taking names and kicking ass with it

Opensource is also the way connected developers have and always want to work; that network effect is propelling opensource to mainstream; also big time efficiencies

Open technology empowers developers, and by extension, it's users. They can see how the sausage is made and make changes when they need it.

@jmertic Be yourself; everyone else is already taken - Oscar Wilde

@furrier going solo no longer viable

... not to mention that the community around an open technology often has a broader view and is more reliable than a single vendor.

speed of innovation, and disruption of the established vendor crowd...