Big Changes for 2027

October 11, 2026

The past six months has been quiet on the blog as business has been busy!

Clients have sought help on a broad set of open source software (OSS) engineering topics such as:

• growing their staff expertise around open source

• activating staff engagement in open source communities

• making smart choices around the distinction between project and product, non-profit and for-profit business models, and assessing tradeoffs in neutral and open community versus proprietary development

• validating product security and enhancing product threat modeling

• starting to aim for product-ready code quality and dependency management following AI-generated early proofs of concept

• establishing an Open Source Program Office

• navigating evolving regulatory frameworks for cybersecurity, such as the Cyber Resilience Act

The latter point in particular has shone a light on the expanding business opportunity for OSS services in Europe.

As a result, the business is now incorporated in the Netherlands as Open Technology Consulting B.V.

The "partners" drops from the name relative to the US-based business, but OTCP.tech remains a partner to your business in enhancing your open source software engineering discipline.

Want to know more? Reach out to start a conversation on how more intentional open source software engineering can add value to your products and business.