David Hurley

266 points

Raleigh, NC USA

David is the founder of Mautic, an open source marketing automation platform, and an open source evangelist. He has also worked as the community manager for Joomla and a member of the Production Leadership Team. David writes frequently about open source and spends his time helping businesses find success with open source solutions.

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Authored Content

Bitnami: An app store for server software

Over the years I've had the opportunity to meet many wonderful individuals at conferences. A conference is a unique setting that lends itself to quick exchanges and brief…

What software defined storage means for OpenStack

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Sage Weil, founder and chief architect of Ceph and a speaker at the upcoming OpenStack Summit in Paris. I seized the chance to…

Kids aren't the only ones learning to share

It’s one of the most basic lessons we teach our children when they’re young—the idea of sharing their toys with others. We try to instill in them the values of giving up…

How do team dynamics relate to open source?

Recently I had the opportunity to watch a soccer game (football to the majority of the world). This game was one of the most amazing displays of team effort I’ve ever had the…

12 challenges for open source projects

Open source is the combined contributions of millions of independent volunteers. This single concept brings with it a few inherent realities. In this article let's look at a…

The true value of open source is people

Open source is valuable. Very few people would argue that point. There is most definitely a sense of intrinsic worth. But where does this value exist? Is it in the code…

Authored Comments

dbhurley

28 Aug 2014

Kids aren't the only ones learning to share

Thanks Drew! I agree, it's almost as though we sometimes need a moment to reboot and re-think where we've come from and where we're at currently.