Tarus Balog

Tarus Balog
Tarus Balog
Balog in 2017
Born 1966 (age 51–52)[1]
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[2]
Residence Pittsboro, North Carolina[3]
Nationality American
Alma mater Harvey Mudd College[4], various[3]
Occupation CEO[3]
Years active 2001–present
Known for OpenNMS, open-source advocacy
Website https://www.adventuresinoss.com/

Tarus Balog (born 1966) is an American open source advocate, software developer, commentator, and blogger. He is lead maintainer of the OpenNMS project.

Early life and background

Balog was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to parents of Hungarian extraction.[2][5] He spent his childhood in Asheboro, North Carolina.[6] In 1984 he graduated from high school at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham.[7]

OpenNMS

Oculan and Sortova Consulting Company

In September 2001 Balog joined Oculan, which was developing the open-source OpenNMS network management software framework under the leadership of the project's founder and original Chief Technologist Steve Giles.[8][9][10] His role was to build a business around support and services for OpenNMS, as a complement to Oculan's prior channel-only approach to selling its line of OpenNMS-powered network management appliances.[8][9]

In 2002 Oculan discontinued work on the OpenNMS open-source project, turning its focus solely to its appliance business. Concerned that the project would die without a caretaker, Balog requested to become the new project maintainer. Giles agreed, on the condition that Balog leave Oculan the same week.[8]

Balog further developed the software project, gained customers, and recruited a group of volunteer core developers while operating as Sortova Consulting Company.[8] Eventually he transitioned his employment and the OpenNMS assets to a local Internet service provider, where he continued to work on the project until 2004.

OpenNMS Group

In 2004, CEO Balog founded The OpenNMS Group along with President David Hustace and Chief Technology Officer Matt Brozowski.[8] With the exception of a five-month period in 2013, Balog has served as company CEO since its founding.[11][12] The company has its headquarters in Apex, North Carolina, plus satellite offices in Georgia, US; Ontario, Canada; and Germany.[13]

Advocacy and writing

Industry and open-source conferences

Balog frequently speaks at conferences concerned with open-source software and network monitoring and management.

He has spoken at the Southern California Linux Expo in 2007[14], 2010 (as keynote speaker)[15], and 2015.[4] In 2009 and 2014 he delivered talks at the Open Source Monitoring Conference in Nuremberg, Germany.[16][17] He has spoken at SouthEast LinuxFest in 2011[18], 2013 (delivered keynote)[19], and 2015.[20] Balog spoke at Indiana LinuxFest in 2011[21] and at Ohio LinuxFest in 2011[22], 2012[23], and as keynote speaker in 2017.[24]

Published writing and blogs

As of January 2018, Balog has written 14 articles for Opensource.com[25]. In a 2009 blog post he popularized the term fauxpen source as a satire of the open-core business model.[26][27]

Criticism

Balog's characterization of the open-core business model has drawn criticism from some quarters. Some question the practicality of sustaining a profitable business built around an open-source project that fully conforms to all tenets of the Free Software Definition and Open Source Definition.[28][29]

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Benjamin. "Tarus's 50th Birthday Party (January 10, 2016)". Flickr. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Balog, Tarus (5 February 2013). "Super Bowl". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tarus Balog". Opensource.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Speakers". SCALE 13x. Linux Expo of Southern California Inc. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Balog, Tarus (22 March 2013). "It's Friday, So This Must Be FInland". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Balog, Tarus (14 April 2009). "Neo-Hippies?". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Balog, Tarus (11 June 2014). "30 Years". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Balog, Tarus (1 September 2007). "Happy Anniversary". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 "New Company Aims to Transform Network Management Market". Oculan.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2001. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  10. ↑ "OpenNMS - Free and Open Network Management Software". Archived from the original on May 11, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  11. ↑ Balog, Tarus (1 August 2013). "I Lost My Job!". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  12. ↑ Friend, David (6 January 2014). "Ron Louks Hired By Blackberry To Head Device Group". huffingtonpost.ca. HuffPost News. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Contact - The OpenNMS Group, Inc". OpenNMS.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Southern California Linux Exposition - Speakers - Tarus Balog". socallinuxexpo.org. Linux Expo of Southern California. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "So, You Think You Want to Start an Open Source Business". socallinuxexpo.org. Linux Expo of Southern California. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "OSMC 2009 - Talks". NETWAYS GmbH. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "OSMC 2014 - Talks". NETWAYS GmbH. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "SELF2011-Schedule" (PDF). southeastlinuxfest.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "SELF-2013-Schedule-Final" (PDF). southeastlinuxfest.org. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  20. ↑ "2015 SouthEast LinuxFest Final Schedule" (PDF). southeastlinuxfest.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "Speaker List 2011". Indiana LinuxFest. Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  22. ↑ Balog, Tarus (28 August 2011). "Ohio LinuxFest 2011". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  23. ↑ "Meet the Penguin Track". ohiolinux.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  24. ↑ "Tarus Balog to Keynote Ohio LinuxFest 2017". ohiolinux.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  25. ↑ "Tarus Balog authored content". Opensource.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  26. ↑ Hughes, Jack (21 May 2009). "fauxpen source". The Tech Teapot. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  27. ↑ Balog, Tarus (7 May 2009). "Fauxpen Source". Adventures in Open Source. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  28. ↑ Asay, Matt. "When open source isn't (open enough)". cnet.com. CNET. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  29. ↑ Schestowitz, Roy. "How the "Zealot" Label Gets Used by Hypocrites". TechRights.org. Bytes Media. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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