tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post1941072822939911352..comments2023-12-09T03:51:33.158-05:00Comments on Various Consequences: SGI Acquires OpenFoamJoshua Stultshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-3822981448183349862012-09-14T12:11:21.417-04:002012-09-14T12:11:21.417-04:00Hmmm, looks like SGI dumped OpenFoam:
HPCwire rep...Hmmm, looks like SGI dumped OpenFoam: <br /><a href="http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-09-12/esi_buys_opencfd_business_from_sgi.html" rel="nofollow">HPCwire reports</a> (Paris, 12 Sept 2012) <i>ESI Group (Paris: ESI), pioneer and world-leader in Virtual Prototyping and Virtual Engineering solutions, today announces the acquisition of OpenCFD Ltd., the leader in the Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software segment, from SGI, the trusted leader in Technical Computing. ESI Group consequently becomes the owner of the OpenFOAMtrademark, widely recognized in automotive, energy, aerospace and other industry sectors, and assumes responsibility and initiative for the further development, quality and support of the software. ESI and SGI will be expanding their partnership and go to market collaboration to improve accessibility of CFD, at affordable cost, reliable quality, and competitive performance.<br /><br />"Indeed we believe that the ‘Open source’ software model and the associated use of cloud computing will accelerate the low cost and gradual adoption of numerical simulation and, when applicable, will facilitate the further migration to the high value creation of ESI’s “End-to-End Virtual Prototyping” solutions."</i><br /><br />Using OpenFoam as a "gateway" to ESI's proprietary offerings makes me much less optimistic about a thriving community continuing to grow around OpenFoam. Open source as hardware icing works. I'm skeptical of open source as gateway drug.Joshua Stultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822805028291837738.post-24838591250020223432011-08-21T11:39:46.003-04:002011-08-21T11:39:46.003-04:00Some interesting comments about this on the cfd-on...Some interesting comments about this on the cfd-online forum: <a href="http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/91571-openfoam-acquired-sgi.html#post320219" rel="nofollow">on export controls for CFD</a>, <a href="http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/91571-openfoam-acquired-sgi-2.html#post320367" rel="nofollow">on GPL and forks</a>Joshua Stultshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506970399027046387noreply@blogger.com