Did you know that 91% of IoT developers use open source technology in their projects? Our latest Premium report in the IoT series –Open source in the Internet of Things -not only confirms the figure but also sheds light to a number of tools and strategies that developers employ for open source, open hardware and open data.
The Open Source in IoT report provides developer program managers with objective data-backed insights on the use of open source technology by IoT developers and helps them to manage the use of open source in their projects. Some of the key questions that this report answers include:
How mainstream is open source in the Internet of Things? Is it just for hobbyists and idealists, or is there more to it than that?
Which developer demographics use open source and why?
How can I make sense of the hundreds of open source, open hardware, and open data licenses that are out there?
Should your project be open or closed? How can you use open source to achieve commercial success?
The data in this report comes from our 10th edition Developer Economics survey (Q4 2015). 3,700 Internet of Things developers answered questions about their use of and attitude towards open source technology.
To give you an idea of the findings of the IoT report we have prepared an infographic depicting some of the key findings. Have a look at some of the most interesting trends that have been extracted from the report and give a very representative outline of the the mindset of IoT developers and their contribution to the open source community :
