PHOTO: James Sutton If, as we have seen recently, many organizations are warming to the idea of open source technology, the change in attitudes can most likely be attributed to the productivity advantages of using open source applications enterprise-wide, or even across small teams. Competitive Advantage The result is that that use of open source can only grow in the future, according to Cory Hulen, CTO and co-founder of Palo Alto, Calif.-based open core platform Mattermost. Companies like Kong and Gitlab represent a wave of organizations with open source foundations carving out enterprise market share. IBM acquired Red Hat over two years. âItâs a phenomenon thatâs here to stay. The open source community has grown tremendously and continues to affect the trajectory of virtually every industry,â he said.