As someone who has spent his entire career in open source, I’ve been closely following how open source is being used to fight the COVID-19 global pandemic.
I recently moderated a panel discussion on how open source is being used with regards to the coronavirus crisis. Our panel included Jim Webber (chief scientist at Neo4j), Ali Ghodsi (CEO at Databricks), Dan Eiref (senior director of product management at Markforged) and Debbie Theobold (CEO at Vecna Robotics). Below are some of the key takeaways from our discussion. They show how open source is a force for good in these uncertain times.