April 19, 2016

OpenCFD

Fred and I discuss the importance of fostering an active community around OpenFOAM and how it is a top priority for OpenCFD.

Today I’m joined by Fred Mendonça of OpenCFD 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.

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