Today I’m joined by Fred Mendonça of OpenCFD to chat about to chat about the challenges of running a business where the primary offering (OpenFOAM®) is open-source & freely-available. We dig into:

• where/how/if being open-source can have an impact on a code’s value proposition;

• why fostering a community — and opening up channels to allow that community to make useful contributions — are some of the largest & most important challenges Fred faces with OpenFOAM®;

• why the success of their Windows release of OpenFOAM® was both a no-brainer & a surprise;

• what a classical Greek story about a feather has to do with the future of OpenFOAM®.

Links

http://www.openfoam.com/ — All about OpenCFD & OpenFOAM®