“In three years, Krugle, the company behind the code search
engine of the same name, has gone from an idea to a company that’s
starting to produce revenue. CEO Steve Larsen, a veteran of half a
dozen startups, attributes this brief time to market as being due
largely to free and open source software (FOSS). According to
Larsen, FOSS has shaped most aspects of the company, including its
hiring practices and relations with business partners and
users.“The idea for the company came to Ken Krugler while he was
working on the Chandler Project at the Open Source Applications
Foundation…”