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Matthew Weier O’Phinney

Principal Product Manager

Matthew Weier O’Phinney is the Principal Product Manager at Perforce OpenLogic and Zend, where he focuses on creating the tools and support developers need to build and deploy their applications. He has been using and contributing to open source software since 2002, counting a patch to the Blackbox window manager as his first public OSS contribution.

Matthew has led large open source projects, including Zend Framework, which he started developing on before its first public release, leading the project from 2009 to 2019. He has also contributed to standards bodies, has advised and participated in open source foundations such as The PHP Foundation, and is the Project Lead for the Laminas Project. He has contributed to many open source projects and communities, many of which can be found on github and his personal website.

Latest Content from Matthew Weier O’Phinney

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Highlights from the 2025 State of Open Source Report

Get key open source insights from the latest State of Open Source Report, which explores trends around open source software adoption and deployment challenges.
Open Source
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Apache Kafka vs. Confluent Kafka: What's Best For Your Organization?

Choosing between open source Apache Kafka and Confluent's commercial Kafka platform? Read this blog to understand the key differences so you can make the right choice for your business's streaming data.
Apache Kafka
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How to Find the Best Linux Distro for Your Organization

Finding the best Linux distro for your organization can be a challenge. In this blog, we consider the best Linux distros for common organizational needs.
Operating Systems, Open Source
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5 Reasons Why Companies Choose OpenLogic to Support Their Open Source

Why do companies choose OpenLogic for OSS support? See the top 5 reasons in this blog.
Open Source
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Open Source Trends and Predictions for 2025

2025 open source trend predictions from Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Senior Product Manager for OpenLogic and Zend by Perforce.
Open Source
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Open Source in Finance: Top Technologies and Trends

What open source technologies do banks and financial services organizations rely on? How are they navigating regulatory and compliance challenges around OSS usage? Find out in this blog exploring finance sector data and trends from the State of Open Source Report.
Open Source
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Own Your Big Data Infrastructure With the Hadoop Service Bundle

In this blog, Senior Product Manager Matthew Weier O'Phinney explains why OpenLogic created the Hadoop Service Bundle, and the benefits of switching from proprietary platforms to a fully open source Big Data stack.
Hadoop, Databases
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New Bootstrap Vulnerabilities to Watch

In this blog, our expert reports on recently disclosed vulnerabilities affecting Bootstrap 3 and Bootstrap 4, which are end of life.
Bootstrap
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Open Source Programming Languages and Runtimes: Trends from the State of Open Source Report

Find out which open source programming languages & runtimes organizations are using based on the State of Open Source Report, plus trends by size and geography.
Development, Open Source