Alexander Krüger

Best Quotes

“You activate the key logger, call a service mechanic, then you get a logger password to the OPC UA server — and you have no free access otherwise.”

Open Source in Industrial Applications with Alexander Krüger

“In the seventies, automation and IT split up — somebody took the left turn to ladder logic, somebody took the right turn to object-oriented programming, and now we're really far apart. I'd love to see IT best practices under the hood of OT.”

Open Source in Industrial Applications with Alexander Krüger

“Owning the data is step one — the data shouldn't be with any vendor in any cloud, so you control it. But beyond that, it's important to govern the software: who owns it, what happens if the price goes up or features get discontinued.”

Open Source in Industrial Applications with Alexander Krüger

“This is something open source has a huge edge over — creating a caring community. With open source, from day one you have a huge focus on connecting people and problems via forums like Discord.”

Open Source in Industrial Applications with Alexander Krüger

“You have this hardware-centric way of building software from the vendors — the Siemens, the Rockwells — and then you have the IT way, Snowflake, Databricks, which OT people can't use. I think it's quite important to strike a balanced approach here.”

Open Source in Industrial Applications with Alexander Krüger