If IT is the curate's egg, can the right open source wipe away all the egg-shells?

We are not No.1, says this CTO.

- Pratima H

But he also explains why having a No.2 matters so much for enterprise customers when 'IT is all over the place'. Open source may not be just about spreading your eggs in different baskets, but also that egg in one's beer if you crack it right. Let's whisk this thought some more with SUSE.

Getting a tour inside a beehive is fun. Especially when it is full of open-to-all honey, as well as the question that just does not stop buzzing, 'who is the queen-bee here'. The answer is elusive, but navigating with a chameleon helps, as ultimately only those who adapt and adjust to many environments are the ones who survive and live on to tell the tale. Open source is that speciesthere is no hibernation, but some well-timed brumation. And that's why it can work well in a fragmented world, in complex IT environments and with enterprise-ready scales. Why and how much we ask, and Vishal Ghariwala, Senior Director, and CTO, Asia Pacific, SUSE explains with a lot of candour, clarity and confidence about open source. No, open source has not lost its soul, he insists; as he takes us through many honeycombs like multi-Linux, innovation-capacity, vertical-specific leanings, the gravity of observability, the debate over end-of-life support, and the spillovers of non-homogeneous IT.

A very simple - or not so simplequestion first. Is open source relevant today?