Oil IT Journal Editor Neil McNaughton reports from the various OSDU-related tracks and presentations made at the 2024 Paris EAGE Digital conference. Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies remain enthusiastic. While progress is slow, ‘there is no plan B’. The cloud service providers are also keen on OSDU which they see as a future revenue stream. Some of the lucky software vendors which have paid contracts for OSDU developments are on-board. But others are wondering how to make money from ‘open source’ software. Meanwhile, Halliburton warns of the hidden cost and time that it takes to build and scale industrial strength software.