Last month, at the DebConf, the annual Debian conference, there was a talk for OEMs on using Open Source Software and Free Software (FOSS), as well as using Open Source Hardware. Most have heard an Open Source advocate discuss the merits of open-source -vs- closed-source software. This talk is from the perspective of vendors who need to buy and build hardware.

Developing products in the open
Andy Simpkins
Over the last couple of decades the world of product development with embedded systems has changed considerably. Changing to Open Source (for hardware as well as software) is not easy. The world resists change, this is a brief history of where I have succeeded, where I have failed and the lessons learned. This is a not a technical talk, more a collection of observations.

The video can be downloaded in WBEM format from DebConf site, or watched online via Youtube:

http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2015/debconf15/
https://summittest.debconf.org/debconf15/meeting/192/developing-products-in-the-open/
https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/meeting/192/developing-products-in-the-open/
http://debconf15.debconf.org/