Openomy Open Source Library
Maurice and I are both extremely large supporters of open source software. Without it, Openomy would not be possible. While you may have noticed that Openomy uses ASP.NET for the web site, we're by no means running Windows servers. In fact, we run all Linux boxes and use Apache + Mono and use MySQL for some database support. Now, we're even beginning to use the awesome MogileFS project.
Over the course of this project, we've spent exactly $0 on software. Pretty incredible, really.
We decided it was time to begin to formally give back to the open source community. We also know that some outside contributors have been wanting a way to give some open source software related to the Openomy APIs back to the community as well.
With that in mind, we've begun the Openomy Open Source Library (OOSL) project, housed at Sourceforge. It's currently home to API language bindings (Python and Ruby so far), Python and Ruby FUSE implementations (more on these in another post shortly), and also the Openomy/RSS project.
It may also become home to the work we've been doing on MogileFS.. I still want to talk to the maintainers of that project first, though, to see where they'd like to host that work.
I hope you all enjoy this new initiative, contribute, and use the work of others. We think this is a very important step in the right direction in terms of giving back to those who have helped us so much.
Over the course of this project, we've spent exactly $0 on software. Pretty incredible, really.
We decided it was time to begin to formally give back to the open source community. We also know that some outside contributors have been wanting a way to give some open source software related to the Openomy APIs back to the community as well.
With that in mind, we've begun the Openomy Open Source Library (OOSL) project, housed at Sourceforge. It's currently home to API language bindings (Python and Ruby so far), Python and Ruby FUSE implementations (more on these in another post shortly), and also the Openomy/RSS project.
It may also become home to the work we've been doing on MogileFS.. I still want to talk to the maintainers of that project first, though, to see where they'd like to host that work.
I hope you all enjoy this new initiative, contribute, and use the work of others. We think this is a very important step in the right direction in terms of giving back to those who have helped us so much.
1 Comments:
Now that you have an open source library, and with the strong focus on APIs: when are some apps using that API coming?
Openomy would be really better if you'd have a desktop uploader. I mean, when I want to upload a bunch of files, I have to upload them one by one. Why not write an application that uses the API/Library to allow users to upload files directly from within your file browser, or by dragging them on a window? That would make Openomy a lot more useful...
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