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The Open Source Way

A podcast with open source enthusiasts about open source trends, topics and projects.

Sometimes it is not the obvious that makes a difference. And sometimes it is not the price that determines value. Sometimes it is just a drop that drives a wave. This podcast is about the difference, value or drop that open source can be. Each episode we talk with experts about open source related topics and why they do it the open source way.

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InnerSource Commons

A dive into the basics of InnerSource Commmons, the worlds largest community of InnerSource advocates.

Published: 17. December 2024

Duration: 0:45:07

SAP R3 Port to Linux

A little time jump into the past when Christoph Roland and Harald Kuck ported SAP software stack to Linux.

Published: 24. October 2024

Duration: 0:35:43

CAP Operator

What is CAP Operator, what are its main features, and how does it function?

Published: 18. September 2024

Duration: 0:24:00

Garden Linux

What is Project Garden Linux, what is this image based Linux system and why is it of interest to open source community and SAP?

Published: 22. July 2024

Duration: 0:26:45

Open Resource Discovery (ORD)

What is Open Resource Discovery (ORD) and how can it be used and implemented inside SAP and beyond?

Published: 14. June 2024

Duration: 0:27:58

abapGit

Introducing abapGit – an open source Git client. In this Podcast episode, we explain and discuss what abapGit is, how it works, what it’s needed for, and how it can be used.

Published: 15. May 2024

Duration: 0:25:46

EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

How the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is going to transform the OSS ecosystem – from consumption to contribution.

Published: 4. April 2024

Duration: 0:36:51

Open Source and Universities

How open source and InnerSource transform university collaboration and student learning

Published: 28. February 2024

Duration: 0:35:17

Sovereign Tech Fund – Investing in the Future Today

The Sovereign Tech Fund – Supporting the essential open-source building blocks

Published: 20. December 2023

Duration: 0:31:59

The Growing Importance of Software Bills of Materials (SBOM)

The importance, benefits and challenges of SBOMs for the software industry

Published: 29. November 2023

Duration: 0:36:12

Project “Foxhound” – Hunting Cross-Site Scripting on the Web

Learn how project “Foxhound”, an SAP maintained fork of Firefox, is used for security research and detecting vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting (XSS) on websites.

Published: 25. October 2023

Duration: 0:29:31

The TODO Group – Talk Openly, Develop Openly

How the TODO Group brings OSPOs together to collaborate and share knowledge

Published: 27. September 2023

Duration: 0:25:37

Open Component Model (OCM) – Describe, Transport, Deploy

How OCM improves deployment and lifecycle management of software components

Published: 30. August 2023

Duration: 0:29:48

Summer Break 2023 - We'll be back in August!

Published: 27. July 2023

Duration: 0:00:32

Credential Digger – detecting leaked secrets on GitHub

How Credential Digger is using Machine Learning Models to precisely identify hardcoded secrets in source code and prevent password leaks

Published: 28. June 2023

Duration: 0:25:54

Do Good and Talk about it!

Promoting your open-source work on the Web and at conferences

Published: 31. May 2023

Duration: 0:26:00

Debunking InnerSource Myths

Why InnerSource is a benefit – not a detriment – for projects, teams, and organizations

Published: 26. April 2023

Duration: 0:30:05

SUSE – Delivering automation and enterprise grade Open Source software to the SAP ecosystem

How SUSE delivers enterprise grade open source software to their customers and helps system admins with automation tools

Published: 29. March 2023

Duration: 0:28:42

SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) – A step-by-step journey towards open source

How the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) is gradually going open source

Published: 22. February 2023

Duration: 0:27:10

Project Piper – From InnerSource to Open Source

How Piper became a successful continuous integration and delivery project.

Published: 28. December 2022

Duration: 0:27:11

Red Hat – Distributor and Mediator in the Open-Source World

How Red Hat became a catalyst for open-source communities

Published: 30. November 2022

Duration: 0:26:26

Linux Foundation – Building Trust in Software Supply Chains

How OpenChain by the Linux Foundation and other projects enable a trusted supply chain for open source software

Published: 26. October 2022

Duration: 0:34:47

Cloud Foundry – A One-Size-Fits-All Solution for Application Development

How Cloud Foundry simplifies the coding process for application developers

Published: 28. September 2022

Duration: 0:36:58

wdi5 – UI5’s Open-Source End-to-End Testing Framework

How the community project wdi5 functions as a quality assurance tool.

Published: 27. July 2022

Duration: 0:31:10

Open Source at VMware – Key Driver of Innovation

How VMware contributes to open source and about the importance of project and community health.

Published: 29. June 2022

Duration: 0:26:27

Open Source at Microsoft – ClearlyDefined and Open-Source Supply Chain Security

How Microsoft’s use of open source and contribution to the open-source community have evolved over the years

Published: 25. May 2022

Duration: 0:30:20

Gaia-X, Catena-X, International Data Spaces – Three Initiatives, One Goal

How these open-source initiatives contribute to securely processing, sharing, and managing data across organizations.

Published: 27. April 2022

Duration: 0:34:50

Mercedes-Benz FOSS – Open Source in the Automotive Industry

How Mercedes-Benz contributes to and participates in the open-source world

Published: 30. March 2022

Duration: 0:26:21

Eclipse Dirigible – An Open-Source Platform for End-To-End Rapid Development of Business Applications

How SAP developers and customers benefit from Eclipse Dirigible and XSK

Published: 23. February 2022

Duration: 0:30:57

SapMachine – The OpenJDK for All Things SAP

How SAP became a distributor for OpenJDK

Published: 29. December 2021

Duration: 0:35:20

The Open Documentation Initiative – The Gold Standard of Collaborative Documentation

How SAP takes another step towards openness with collaborative documentation

Published: 24. November 2021

Duration: 0:28:43

Compiler History – The Open Source in Your Favorite 1990s First-Person Shooter

How Watcom has evolved from the late 1970s to today

Published: 27. October 2021

Duration: 0:35:00

Fundamental Library – An Open Source Library for Everyone

How to get started with the Fundamental Library and the benefits of using it

Published: 29. September 2021

Duration: 0:30:00

Rust – A Language on the Rise

How Rust differs from other programming languages and the benefits of using it

Published: 28. July 2021

Duration: 0:32:42

SAP Cloud SDK – Why Open Source is the Way to Go

How developers and customers benefit from open sourcing the SAP Cloud SDK and how it evolved over time

Published: 30. June 2021

Duration: 0:32:24

License Compliance – From risks to developer friendly processes

How license compliance evolved to a developer friendly approach and what makes customers happy

Published: 26. May 2021

Duration: 0:28:57

ZEISS and SAP – An Open Source Talk

Two companies, two industries – what do the OSPOs have in common?

Published: 28. April 2021

Duration: 0:32:42

Fosstars – A Rating Approach to Open Source Components

How to make assessing security and other aspects of open source components easier

Published: 31. March 2021

Duration: 0:33:58

Clean ABAP – Best Practices for Effective ABAP Code, Straight from the Expert

How Clean ABAP helps creating long-term sustainable code

Published: 24. February 2021

Duration: 0:36:34

OpenUI5 – A One-Stop-Shop UI Toolkit

Why the modular nature of OpenUI5 is an optimal fit for an open source approach and how it relates to SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori

Published: 20. January 2021

Duration: 0:34:39

Project "Kyma" – An Easy Way to Extend Enterprise Applications

How "Kyma" got started, what the name means, and why it is an advantage for contributions that it is based on Kubernetes

Published: 23. December 2020

Duration: 0:37:41

Project "Gardener" – Managing Kubernetes at Scale

Why SAP runs "Gardener" in an open source approach to manage Kubernetes at scale

Published: 9. December 2020

Duration: 0:35:40

Outbound Process Made Easy – SAP’s Process and Tooling

Why an outbound process is important for open source and how it was implemented at SAP

Published: 25. November 2020

Duration: 0:32:38

InnerSource Rocks

Why should InnerSource be the default development model in a global enterprise

Published: 11. November 2020

Duration: 0:37:19

Corona-Warn-App: Behind the Scenes

How the Corona-Warn-App was developed: SAP’s involvement, technology and architecture decisions, prominent discussions and community management.

Published: 28. October 2020

Duration: 0:39:24

Open Source at SAP

Why open source is important in a global enterprise, why it is a triple win for customers, developers and SAP, and why you need an Open Source Program Office

Published: 9. October 2020

Duration: 0:43:46

InnerSource Commons

A dive into the basics of InnerSource Commmons, the worlds largest community of InnerSource advocates.

Published: 17. December 2024 Duration: 0:45:07

SAP R3 Port to Linux

A little time jump into the past when Christoph Roland and Harald Kuck ported SAP software stack to Linux.

Published: 24. October 2024 Duration: 0:35:43

CAP Operator

What is CAP Operator, what are its main features, and how does it function?

Published: 18. September 2024 Duration: 0:24:00

Garden Linux

What is Project Garden Linux, what is this image based Linux system and why is it of interest to open source community and SAP?

Published: 22. July 2024 Duration: 0:26:45

Open Resource Discovery (ORD)

What is Open Resource Discovery (ORD) and how can it be used and implemented inside SAP and beyond?

Published: 14. June 2024 Duration: 0:27:58

abapGit

Introducing abapGit – an open source Git client. In this Podcast episode, we explain and discuss what abapGit is, how it works, what it’s needed for, and how it can be used.

Published: 15. May 2024 Duration: 0:25:46

EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

How the European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is going to transform the OSS ecosystem – from consumption to contribution.

Published: 4. April 2024 Duration: 0:36:51

Open Source and Universities

How open source and InnerSource transform university collaboration and student learning

Published: 28. February 2024 Duration: 0:35:17

Sovereign Tech Fund – Investing in the Future Today

The Sovereign Tech Fund – Supporting the essential open-source building blocks

Published: 20. December 2023 Duration: 0:31:59

The Growing Importance of Software Bills of Materials (SBOM)

The importance, benefits and challenges of SBOMs for the software industry

Published: 29. November 2023 Duration: 0:36:12

Project “Foxhound” – Hunting Cross-Site Scripting on the Web

Learn how project “Foxhound”, an SAP maintained fork of Firefox, is used for security research and detecting vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting (XSS) on websites.

Published: 25. October 2023 Duration: 0:29:31

The TODO Group – Talk Openly, Develop Openly

How the TODO Group brings OSPOs together to collaborate and share knowledge

Published: 27. September 2023 Duration: 0:25:37

Open Component Model (OCM) – Describe, Transport, Deploy

How OCM improves deployment and lifecycle management of software components

Published: 30. August 2023 Duration: 0:29:48

Summer Break 2023 - We'll be back in August!

Published: 27. July 2023 Duration: 0:00:32

Credential Digger – detecting leaked secrets on GitHub

How Credential Digger is using Machine Learning Models to precisely identify hardcoded secrets in source code and prevent password leaks

Published: 28. June 2023 Duration: 0:25:54

Do Good and Talk about it!

Promoting your open-source work on the Web and at conferences

Published: 31. May 2023 Duration: 0:26:00

Debunking InnerSource Myths

Why InnerSource is a benefit – not a detriment – for projects, teams, and organizations

Published: 26. April 2023 Duration: 0:30:05

SUSE – Delivering automation and enterprise grade Open Source software to the SAP ecosystem

How SUSE delivers enterprise grade open source software to their customers and helps system admins with automation tools

Published: 29. March 2023 Duration: 0:28:42

SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) – A step-by-step journey towards open source

How the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) is gradually going open source

Published: 22. February 2023 Duration: 0:27:10

Project Piper – From InnerSource to Open Source

How Piper became a successful continuous integration and delivery project.

Published: 28. December 2022 Duration: 0:27:11

Red Hat – Distributor and Mediator in the Open-Source World

How Red Hat became a catalyst for open-source communities

Published: 30. November 2022 Duration: 0:26:26

Linux Foundation – Building Trust in Software Supply Chains

How OpenChain by the Linux Foundation and other projects enable a trusted supply chain for open source software

Published: 26. October 2022 Duration: 0:34:47

Cloud Foundry – A One-Size-Fits-All Solution for Application Development

How Cloud Foundry simplifies the coding process for application developers

Published: 28. September 2022 Duration: 0:36:58

wdi5 – UI5’s Open-Source End-to-End Testing Framework

How the community project wdi5 functions as a quality assurance tool.

Published: 27. July 2022 Duration: 0:31:10

Open Source at VMware – Key Driver of Innovation

How VMware contributes to open source and about the importance of project and community health.

Published: 29. June 2022 Duration: 0:26:27

Open Source at Microsoft – ClearlyDefined and Open-Source Supply Chain Security

How Microsoft’s use of open source and contribution to the open-source community have evolved over the years

Published: 25. May 2022 Duration: 0:30:20

Gaia-X, Catena-X, International Data Spaces – Three Initiatives, One Goal

How these open-source initiatives contribute to securely processing, sharing, and managing data across organizations.

Published: 27. April 2022 Duration: 0:34:50

Mercedes-Benz FOSS – Open Source in the Automotive Industry

How Mercedes-Benz contributes to and participates in the open-source world

Published: 30. March 2022 Duration: 0:26:21

Eclipse Dirigible – An Open-Source Platform for End-To-End Rapid Development of Business Applications

How SAP developers and customers benefit from Eclipse Dirigible and XSK

Published: 23. February 2022 Duration: 0:30:57

SapMachine – The OpenJDK for All Things SAP

How SAP became a distributor for OpenJDK

Published: 29. December 2021 Duration: 0:35:20

The Open Documentation Initiative – The Gold Standard of Collaborative Documentation

How SAP takes another step towards openness with collaborative documentation

Published: 24. November 2021 Duration: 0:28:43

Compiler History – The Open Source in Your Favorite 1990s First-Person Shooter

How Watcom has evolved from the late 1970s to today

Published: 27. October 2021 Duration: 0:35:00

Fundamental Library – An Open Source Library for Everyone

How to get started with the Fundamental Library and the benefits of using it

Published: 29. September 2021 Duration: 0:30:00

Rust – A Language on the Rise

How Rust differs from other programming languages and the benefits of using it

Published: 28. July 2021 Duration: 0:32:42

SAP Cloud SDK – Why Open Source is the Way to Go

How developers and customers benefit from open sourcing the SAP Cloud SDK and how it evolved over time

Published: 30. June 2021 Duration: 0:32:24

License Compliance – From risks to developer friendly processes

How license compliance evolved to a developer friendly approach and what makes customers happy

Published: 26. May 2021 Duration: 0:28:57

ZEISS and SAP – An Open Source Talk

Two companies, two industries – what do the OSPOs have in common?

Published: 28. April 2021 Duration: 0:32:42

Fosstars – A Rating Approach to Open Source Components

How to make assessing security and other aspects of open source components easier

Published: 31. March 2021 Duration: 0:33:58

Clean ABAP – Best Practices for Effective ABAP Code, Straight from the Expert

How Clean ABAP helps creating long-term sustainable code

Published: 24. February 2021 Duration: 0:36:34

OpenUI5 – A One-Stop-Shop UI Toolkit

Why the modular nature of OpenUI5 is an optimal fit for an open source approach and how it relates to SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori

Published: 20. January 2021 Duration: 0:34:39

Project "Kyma" – An Easy Way to Extend Enterprise Applications

How "Kyma" got started, what the name means, and why it is an advantage for contributions that it is based on Kubernetes

Published: 23. December 2020 Duration: 0:37:41

Project "Gardener" – Managing Kubernetes at Scale

Why SAP runs "Gardener" in an open source approach to manage Kubernetes at scale

Published: 9. December 2020 Duration: 0:35:40

Outbound Process Made Easy – SAP’s Process and Tooling

Why an outbound process is important for open source and how it was implemented at SAP

Published: 25. November 2020 Duration: 0:32:38

InnerSource Rocks

Why should InnerSource be the default development model in a global enterprise

Published: 11. November 2020 Duration: 0:37:19

Corona-Warn-App: Behind the Scenes

How the Corona-Warn-App was developed: SAP’s involvement, technology and architecture decisions, prominent discussions and community management.

Published: 28. October 2020 Duration: 0:39:24

Open Source at SAP

Why open source is important in a global enterprise, why it is a triple win for customers, developers and SAP, and why you need an Open Source Program Office

Published: 9. October 2020 Duration: 0:43:46