Seven Open Source Business Strategies
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Seven open source business strategies
for competitive advantage
Seven open source business strategies
for competitive advantage
05/14/2004 09:16 AMOpen source presents a large potential competitive advantage for
hardware and software vendors, and vendors of complementary or
substitute services. Linux has contributed greatly to the adoption and
success of OSS. Companies such as IBM, HP, Red Hat, Oracle, and
recently, Novell, have invested in, and legitimized the use of Linux
for enterprise applications -- including datacenter operations.
Attorney/analyst John Koenig offers a listing of open source
strategies that can bring great competitive advantages to companies if
implemented correctly. Read on at ITMJ ...
Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.
Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The meeting comprised four panels: Business, Technical, Legal,
and Social and Ethical, each of which featured an introduction of the
issues and follow-up with an interactive discussion between the
speakers and the audience. The aim was to capture and publish the
issues discussed in order to raise the industry awareness of the
benefits of Open Source.
Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.
Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.
02/18/2004 10:41 PMPi
ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business
Model. Interesting.
The Business Value of Open Source
Examined
The Business Value of Open Source
Examined
08/10/2004 04:24 PMOpen Source Business Companies
Open Source Business Companies
03/30/2005 05:14 PMWe've been selected as a Showcase Company for next week's Open Source
Business Conference (OSBC). Here is a handy list of the good company
we are in: Realm Systems, Optaros, Zend, Covalent, SpikeSource, Forum
Systems, Funambol, SugarCRM, Univa, Humano2, OpenLogic,...
Open Source isn't Religion—Just Good
Business
Open Source isn't Religion—Just Good
Business
05/25/2004 07:26 PMOpen Source Business Software One of
Best Kept Secrets On the Web
Open Source Business Software One of
Best Kept Secrets On the Web
04/10/2005 03:26 AMLinux-based open source business applications are growing in number,
popularity and usability. As their popularity grows, so does the
threat to existing enterprise software business models. [PRWEB Apr 10,
2005]
Open Source isn't Religion—Just
Good Business
Open Source isn't Religion—Just
Good Business
05/25/2004 05:53 PMOpinion: David Coursey talks to MySQL and Red Hat executives,
and finds Open Source isn't just for communists after all—there's
a real business rationale for letting people have your source code.
Open source apps are seen as new
business opportunity
Open source apps are seen as new
business opportunity
04/05/2005 05:19 PMSAN FRANCISCO - The next wave in open source development is
applications, which presents opportunities for open source vendors to
focus on the small- and medium-sized businesses that established
commercial vendors cannot reach, said Larry Augustin, CEO of Medsphere
Systems and a founder of VA Linux Systems, on Tuesday.
Open Source Isn ' t Religion — Just
Good Business
Open Source Isn ' t Religion — Just
Good Business
05/26/2004 07:43 PMeWeek-4 hours agoAfter talking with MySQL and Red Hat executives,
David Coursey finds that open source isn't just for communists
after all—there's a real business rationale ...
Open source apps are seen as new
business opportunity (InfoWorld)
Open source apps are seen as new
business opportunity (InfoWorld)
04/05/2005 05:18 PMInfoWorld - SAN FRANCISCO - The next wave in open source development
is applications, which presents opportunities for open source vendors
to focus on the small- and medium-sized businesses that established
commercial vendors cannot reach, said Larry Augustin, CEO of Medsphere
Systems and a founder of VA Linux Systems, on Tuesday.
Open-Source Portlet Site Opens For
Business
Open-Source Portlet Site Opens For
Business
11/10/2003 11:29 PMA consortium of four companies -- Sun, BEA, Documentum and Plumtree --
is sponsoring a community at SourceForge to take advantage of the new
Java and OASIS portlet standards.
Open source systems make business sense
Open source systems make business sense
03/19/2003 10:25 PMCNET Mar 19 2003 1:24AM ET
Open source on offense in ERP and
business applications market
Open source on offense in ERP and
business applications market
06/03/2004 12:16 PMFlexibility, cost savings, and efficiency have been driving enterprise
users away from proprietary technology to Linux and open source. Now a
recent IDC study shows that one of the last holdouts, the
big-vendor-dominated market of enterprise resource planning (ERP)
applications, is also poised to start taking off for non-proprietary
technology.
Spider Strategies Launches New Business
School Partnership Program -
Participating Business Schools to
Receive Free Copy of Scoreboard®
Spider Strategies Launches New Business
School Partnership Program -
Participating Business Schools to
Receive Free Copy of Scoreboard®
04/06/2005 02:38 AMSpider Strategies®, Inc., announced today it is providing
participating universities and business schools a free copy of its
Balanced Scorecard software - Scoreboard® - for use in both classrooms
and external learning environments. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]
LinuxWorld: Vendor Support Key To
Big-Business Adoption Of Open Source
LinuxWorld: Vendor Support Key To
Big-Business Adoption Of Open Source
06/05/2005 11:54 PMInformation Week May 26 2005 6:25PM GMT
Like Linux, Databases Going Open Source
(Investor's Business Daily)
Like Linux, Databases Going Open Source
(Investor's Business Daily)
02/05/2005 09:41 PMInvestor's Business Daily - IBM and Oracle -- two of Linux's biggest
patrons -- have relished the effect the free software has had on
Microsoft and other foes.
Open-Source Groups Pressure Sun
(Investor's Business Daily)
Open-Source Groups Pressure Sun
(Investor's Business Daily)
08/03/2004 07:37 PMInvestor's Business Daily - That's the question facing Sun
Microsystems (NasdaqNM:SUNW - News) as it tries to deflect pleas to
make its Java platform more like Linux, the free software that made
open source chic.
Web design company uses open source
shopping cart to grow business
Web design company uses open source
shopping cart to grow business
09/07/2004 05:22 AMChris Winfield knows that his clients need low-cost custom Web site
design and deployment. Winfield's company, 10e20, has found that
offering those solutions is easier with open source software
applications like osCommerce.
Open-Source Fans Often Miss Business
Basics (Ziff Davis)
Open-Source Fans Often Miss Business
Basics (Ziff Davis)
03/29/2005 05:48 PMZiff Davis - Opinion: Too many advocates of open source don't
understand that business support trumps technical excellence every
time.
Open source ebXML message handler
released (E-Business Standards Today)
Open source ebXML message handler
released (E-Business Standards Today)
09/16/2002 11:44 AMCheap Computing and Open Source Movement
Reduce Software Costs By 90% For Small
Business.
Cheap Computing and Open Source Movement
Reduce Software Costs By 90% For Small
Business.
01/05/2005 03:13 AMSmall Businesses who want enterprise software such as CRM (Customer
Relationship Management), Project Management, and eLearning have
typically been ignored by the software industry. Change is coming,
however, and it may be the software makers themselves who end up
feeling left out. With abundant and cheap computing power and new
feature-rich Open Source Business applications, small businesses can
now bypass commercial software altogether. With Managed Application
Service providers filling the technological gap, small businesses can
digitize key parts of their operations without making large
investments in consultants, hardware, or software licensing. [PRWEB
Jan 5, 2005]
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."
02/17/2004 11:57 PMAs per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself)
Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found
my post:
http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C
And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words:
___snip____
--
From: Katrin Verclas
Email: steering (a) nosi.net
Hi, Kevin -
NOSI actually just released a new...
Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group
Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group
05/07/2004 04:33 PMA key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed
to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the
legal standing of open-source software.
Identifying Top- and Bottom-Line Growth
Strategies for Your Web Business
Identifying Top- and Bottom-Line Growth
Strategies for Your Web Business
06/05/2005 11:40 PMStickysauce Jun 6 2005 1:56AM GMT
Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine
Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine
03/08/2004 11:20 PMhttp://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html
ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their
arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on
their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their
sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.
Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life
Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life
06/23/2004 08:27 PM As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders
whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's
slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about
the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! —
here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that
Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So
there.)...
The Engine That Drives Success - best
companies have best business models
because they have best IT strategies. -
CIO Magazine May 1,2004
The Engine That Drives Success - best
companies have best business models
because they have best IT strategies. -
CIO Magazine May 1,2004
05/08/2004 10:48 PMDon Tapscott
cio.com/archive/050104/keynote.html
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CERT Advisory’s IE bug shows monoculture
requires new Internet business risk
strategies
CERT Advisory’s IE bug shows monoculture
requires new Internet business risk
strategies
07/02/2004 03:16 AMThe recent recommendation by CERT that users stop using Microsoft's
Internet Explorer (IE) is a recognition that the monoculture problem
goes beyond patching," said John S. Quarterman, CEO of InternetPerils,
Inc. [PRWEB Jul 2, 2004]
Possibilities@Work and Market-Vantage to
Offer Teleseminar on Small Business
Strategies for Growth
Possibilities@Work and Market-Vantage to
Offer Teleseminar on Small Business
Strategies for Growth
06/01/2004 02:31 AMAvoiding common mistakes while taking advantage of best practices in
business, including marketing, can make the difference between small
business success and failure. Free one-hour teleseminar for small
business owners and managers discusses the most common errors and how
to avoid them, as well as provide tips for growth and success. [PRWEB
Jun 1, 2004]
Open source opportunity, open source
risk
Open source opportunity, open source
risk
09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've
been working my way through the
ITConversations audio
archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's
interview
with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the
ArsDigita flameout,
Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the
risk, of open source as a business model.
...Open source process for open source
development
Open source process for open source
development
04/05/2005 11:50 AM
Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true
open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board
of directors:
Casper Dik,
Roy Fielding,
Al Hopper,
Simon Phipps, and
Rich Teer.
(via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)
From open source to open services to
open information
From open source to open services to
open information
03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My
March
21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition
because, on the same day, a new events database called
EVDB was announced and shown at PC
Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so
for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among
others:
Dan
Farber,
Ross
Mayfield,
Om Malik,
David
Weinberger, and
Paul
Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes).
The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style,
Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds
promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public.
...Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)
Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)
04/08/2005 04:56 AMTechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now
offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
05/05/2004 04:06 AMAbout a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to
SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point
for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the
terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification,
addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and
privileges that we associate with open source software.
Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source
Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source
02/13/2004 02:37 PMWhat should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows
2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says
Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the
whole enchilada.
Open source process for closed source
development
Open source process for closed source
development
04/05/2005 11:50 AM IBM Adopts
Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its
Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a
form of open-source development internally to create technology the
company will sell commercially.
IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a
collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing
and testing new technology.
Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM
Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community
Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company.
These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research
and Global Services, he said."
Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the
so called open source development process have they built into the
Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different
definitions of the open source development process (via
Ross
Gardler).
Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks
Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks
04/12/2005 08:07 PMAccessible through common Web browsers, the collaboration platform
lets users share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and
documents originating from both proprietary and open-source systems.
Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware
Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware
12/19/2003 11:45 AMMSFT's apparent incapacity for patching MSIE vulnerabilities hasn't
deterred open-source hackers, who have released a free software patch
for a well-known Explorer vulnerability.
Update: Andrew sez, "...it contains buffer overflow exploits that are wide open for hax0r5 to take
advantage of. In addition, it redirects weird URL requests to -it's
own website-."
Update: Yoz points out
that the patch has been patched.
Link
(via /.)
Grok Description matches for Seven Open Source Business Strategies
GrokA matches for Seven Open Source Business Strategies
W3C Open Source Software
W3C Open Source Software
08/06/2004 06:17 AMW3C Open Source Softwarehttp://www.w3.org/Status.html
The natural complement to
W3C specifications is running code.
Implementation and testing is an essential part of specification
development and releasing the code promotes exchange of ideas in the
developer community. All W3C software is
Open Source /
Free Software,
and
GPL
compatible. See the
lice
nse for details (and the following if you intend
to contribute). Note that as this license is GPL compatible,
it is possible to redistribute software based on W3C sources under a
GPL license.
What's going on in the open source
software world?
What's going on in the open source
software world?
04/06/2005 09:22 PMDan Farber reports from the OSBC here in SF and let's us know what
Larry Augustimn said. He's identified specific models and shown
how companies are asking their clients to pay them to convince them to
hire them.
That is so beautiful.
And watch Doc's IT Garage
for more goings on in this area. It's time to cash in and kick
the old school - out. I guess the next scene is Portland Aug. 1-4 at
OSCON.
BTW Dan Farber is one of my favorite peeps.
Free software and Open Source
Free software and Open Source
04/10/2005 07:12 AMFree software and Open Source: The freedom Debate and Its
Consequences By Mathias Klanght
tp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.htmlAbstract:To most outsiders the ethics
of software is not something usually considered. To most proficient
computer users with a passing interest in this question the ethics of
software is recognised as one of the fundamental questions in the
digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free
software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software
Freedom) are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter
of taste rather than politics. However, to most insiders the
question is not one of taste. There is a fundamental difference
between the two areas even if they share a similar root. Free software
is not the same as open source. The two groups differ in their
fundamental philosophical approach to software and its importance to
society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups’ differing
philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software
development, access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the
development of the concept of freedom.
Open Source Software economics
Open Source Software economics
11/01/2003 05:18 AMAs an occasional user of Linux, and someone in the software industry,
I've followed the "Open Source" movement for quite some time. To a
minority, Open Source Software (specifically GPL licensed Open Source
Software) represents an ideological and sociological movement,
something that will change the world. To the majority, it is simply a
way to get cool and useful software without going through the expense
of buying, or the hassle of pirating it.
Explaining Open Source Software
Explaining Open Source Software
01/04/2004 02:20 PMscubacuda writes "Mark Webbink, Red Hat's general counsel, has written
an informative article explaining free and open source software.
Geared towards ...
Open Source Software and Economics
Open Source Software and Economics
10/29/2003 09:19 PMGetting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
Getting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
What happens when the effectiveness of your favorite search
engine turns against you, when it becomes almost too effective to be
useful, giving you so much information that you're not sure where to
start?... Well, my overworked friend, you're in luck. Today, I'll be
covering the holy grail of information gathering: asking people... In
the process, I will also show you some of the better locations to
begin your searches and give you a few pointers in getting the most
out of your queries.
Usability of Open Source Software
Usability of Open Source Software
01/10/2003 12:53 PMListen to the web - via open-source
software
Listen to the web - via open-source
software
11/17/2003 05:44 AMPublicTechnology.net Nov 17 2003 4:49AM ET
Open Source Spreads Beyond Software
Open Source Spreads Beyond Software
02/14/2004 09:27 AMUsability and Open Source Software
Usability and Open Source Software
12/06/2002 04:59 AMWhat is open source and what is free
software?
What is open source and what is free
software?
03/06/2004 01:59 AMWhenever I mention open source software, or the Linux operating
system, I can be sure of getting lots of "interesting" mail in my
inbox. There's a good bit of confusion about open source software
among members of the general public, journalists of the general press
and even among those of us who should know better.
Software CEO says open source is key to
company's success
Software CEO says open source is key to
company's success
01/06/2004 01:05 PMJ.T. Smith, founder and CEO of Illinois-based Plain Black Software,
didn't originally plan to work full-time on WebGUI, a user-friendly
Web content management system (CMS) he first released in 2001. Since
then, J.T. has built a profitable business selling WebGUI
documentation, training, and consulting. This article is the
lightly-edited transcript of an IRC conversation J.T. and I had on 5
January 2004. J.T. is as open as WebGUI's source code about how and
why his company is profitable, which makes this article "required
reading" for anyone who's ever thought about building a company based
on open source software.
French opts for open-source software
French opts for open-source software
02/12/2004 08:04 AMComputer Weekly Feb 12 2004 12:12PM GMT
ACT first to pass open source software
laws
ACT first to pass open source software
laws
12/11/2003 03:51 AMZDNet Australia Dec 11 2003 2:57AM ET
Open source CRM software makes a big
splash
Open source CRM software makes a big
splash
03/17/2005 03:42 AMBlueWhale 1.0 is a new customer relations management (CRM) product
from TechWhale, a Tampa, Fla.-based open source development company.
TechWhale's president Alan Ranciato claims BlueWhale, which was
released in December, is the first all-encompassing open source CRM
application written in .Net.
Some Userland Software Heading for Open
Source
Some Userland Software Heading for Open
Source
05/17/2004 04:34 PMScript
ing News: 5/17/2004: Dave Winer announced today that the kernel of
Manila and Radio — the object databae
code — will be open-sourced sometime in the next few months.
To fans of UserLand Software it must seem inevitable that
the kernel will go this way, it sure did to me. But I am on the board
of directors of the company, and I persuaded my fellow board members
that it would be in the company's interest to let the kernel develop
separately from the products that build on it.
Don't get too excited, however — these are the ugly guts of
the system, written in C. It will take a fair amount of work for
someone to do anything constructive with it.
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Software Freedom Day: A New Holiday for
Open Source?
Software Freedom Day: A New Holiday for
Open Source?
08/27/2004 04:04 PMBochs: An open source virtual PC
software
Bochs: An open source virtual PC
software
06/06/2004 05:22 PMThe Hindu Jun 6 2004 8:55PM GMT
Open Source Software Goes to Work (PC
World)
Open Source Software Goes to Work (PC
World)
09/17/2004 04:14 AMPC World - Businesses don't have to dump Windows to test drive free or
low-price applications whose use may improve the bottom line.
DOES open source software enhance
security?
DOES open source software enhance
security?
03/06/2004 02:04 AMCherryOS, Open Source Software and theft
CherryOS, Open Source Software and theft
06/06/2005 12:06 AMOr how I came to read about Maui X-Stream and their software (CherryOS
and VX30), that it appears is more or less based on every open source
software out there. This story by Drunkenblog sets a standard for
investigative journalism...
Interface Elegance in Open Source
Software
Interface Elegance in Open Source
Software
04/27/2004 01:06 PMfirefox 1.0 will be a big milestone in more ways than one
Open-Source Software a Big Tech Player
Open-Source Software a Big Tech Player
07/16/2004 05:17 PMAP via Los Angeles Times Jul 16 2004 9:21PM GMT
The Care and Feeding of Open Source
Software
The Care and Feeding of Open Source
Software
01/02/2005 11:38 AMThe Semantics of Free Software vs. Open
Source
The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open
Source
12/28/2004 04:54 PMOpen-source software merits debated
Open-source software merits debated
05/20/2004 08:45 AMComputer Weekly May 20 2004 1:24PM GMT
nosleep software open source project
nosleep software open source project
12/21/2003 12:04 PMWinter Update
Open-Source Software a Big Tech Player
(AP)
Open-Source Software a Big Tech Player
(AP)
07/16/2004 11:40 AMAP - It powers more than 70 percent of all Web servers and routes much
of the world's e-mail traffic. It makes surfing the Internet simple
and provides the muscle behind Google Inc.'s search engine and
countless e-commerce sites.
Seven Open Source Business Strategies
