automotion spoke with Dr. Carsten Emde, Managing Director of OSADL about open source in automation, potential for the future and “open innovation”. automotion: Dr. Emde, “open source“ has become a very hot topic, especially since the Hannover Messe trade show. Can you understand all the excitement? Dr. Emde: Absolutely. Use of open source software is probably one of the most dramatic paradigm shifts that has ever occurred in industry. What companies used to keep locked up in a safe is now available online! And there are good reasons for this. (more...)