# Open Source Software Defined Storage: why Ceph development i **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE News\ **Created:** [January 12, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/open-source-software-defined-storage-why-ceph-development-i/27793 "2016-01-12T04:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![InTheNews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/65b543/32.png) [@InTheNews](https://forums.suse.com/u/InTheNews)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/open-source-software-defined-storage-why-ceph-development-i/27793/1 "2016-01-12T04:26:30Z")
Open Source Software Defined Storage: why Ceph development is now, and always will be, a team sport. ‘‘East is East, and West is West and never the twain shall meet’. Rudyard Kipling Here’s a statement of the obvious: proprietary software, and open source software have diametrically opposed business models. The former is the traditional business model of software companies: the vendor writes the code exclusively in-house, defines the roadmap, and then sells … [+read more](https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/open-source-software-defined-storage-why-ceph-development-is-now-and-always-will-be-a-team-sport/) The post [Open Source Software Defined Storage: why Ceph development is now, and always will be, a team sport.](https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/open-source-software-defined-storage-why-ceph-development-is-now-and-always-will-be-a-team-sport/) appeared first on [SUSE Blog](https://www.suse.com/communities/blog). [jphippen](https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/author/jphippen/) [More…](https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/open-source-software-defined-storage-why-ceph-development-is-now-and-always-will-be-a-team-sport/)