Users are driving innovation in the open - source sector and machine learning will benefit , according to Jim Whitehurst , CEO of open - source software firm Red Hat . “Ten years ago, open source software was all about commoditizing IT … He said the introduction of software containers , which allow " pieces of software " to be distributed to any sort of device , brought about solutions to many IT problems . Whitehurst predicted the share of machine learning as a result of open - source software will rise from around 10 % of software developers to one third during the next few years .
Users are driving innovation in the open - source sector and machine learning will benefit , according to Jim Whitehurst , CEO of open - source software firm Red Hat . He said the introduction of software containers , which allow " pieces of software " to be distributed to any sort of device , brought about solutions to many IT problems . Whitehurst predicted the share of machine learning as a result of open - source software will rise from around 10 % of software developers to one third during the next few years .