EP08 - Fred Mendonça - OpenCFD

Talking CFD

Today I’m joined by Fred Mendonça of OpenCFD to chat about to chat about the challenges of running a business where the primary offering (OpenFOAM®) is open-source & freely-available. We dig into: • where/how/if being open-source can have an impact on a code’s value proposition; • why fostering a community — and opening up channels to allow that community to make useful contributions — are some of the largest & most important challenges Fred faces with OpenFOAM®; • why the success of their Windows release of OpenFOAM® was both a no-brainer & a surprise; • what a classical Greek story about a feather has to do with the future of OpenFOAM®. Links http://www.openfoam.com/ — All about OpenCFD & OpenFOAM®