Success Stories

Andy Oram continues his look at microservices and the dominant role they play in modern computing.

Andy Oram explores various computing trends that make microservices today’s architecture of choice.

Andy Oram explains how the X Window System shaped the modern Linux desktop.

Andy Oram explores the history and continuing appeal of the Awk programming language.

Andy Oram explores the various development efforts that made today's REST-connected world possible.

Andy Oram shares the history of the Apache project and examines its effect on open source and the world at large.

Andy Oram wraps up his Unix history series with a look how open culture and Linux came to dominate the landscape.

In the latest installment of his series examining the roots of Unix and Linux, Andy Oram explores fragmentation issues that plagued BSD development.

Andy Oram looks at the influence of early Unix and BSD development.

Andy Oram looks at how aspects of early Unix development have influenced modern software.

We provide an overview of the free and open source Apache HTTP server, a classic open source success story.

This open source success story explores the history of Linux on the mainframe.