Free Can Mean Big Money - The Open Source Economy
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Open source vs. CMS money pit
Open source vs. CMS money pit
09/27/2002 10:41 PMCNET Sep 27 2002 10:03PM ET
Can open source IT be a money pit?
Can open source IT be a money pit?
04/13/2005 07:29 PMZDNet Apr 13 2005 11:11PM GMT
Open-source companies chase steady money
Open-source companies chase steady money
04/05/2005 06:20 AMStart-ups specializing in open source are speeding up an industrywide
shift to subscription-model pricing.
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.
What 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.
Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators
Free, Open Source OS For TI Calculators
12/14/2003 06:18 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.
Can open source software free your mind?
Can open source software free your mind?
09/13/2004 08:45 AMHow do you organize all those little notes and ideas that you have
spread out all over the place in a way that you can actually use them
and make have them make some sense? That's one of the goals of a class
of software known as mind mapping. Once the realm only of high-priced
commercial applications, there is now at least one open source option.
It's called FreeMind and it's licensed under the GPL.
Free open source GIS app GRASS 6
released
Free open source GIS app GRASS 6
released
03/14/2005 04:36 PMVersion 6.0 of GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System)
was released on Thursday, its Italian-led development team announced.
First developed in 1982 and under continuous revision by volunteers
since 1997, GRASS is a geographic information system (GIS) that
includes more than 350 programs and tools used to create, manage,
store and visually display various types of data. It's currently used
for spatial modeling, graphics production, map rendering and similar
tasks in such fields as geography, urban planning, hydrology,
geophysics and more.
Free/Open Source research Community
Free/Open Source research Community
12/09/2003 01:27 PMFree/Open Source Research Communityhttp://opensource.mit.edu/h
ome.htmlFree/open source software (F/OSS) is software
for which the human-readable source code is made available to the user
of the software, who can then modify the code in order to fit the
software to the user’s needs. The source code is the set of written
instructions that define a program in its original form, and when
it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it, modify it, and
redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the software. In this
manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by traditional
proprietary software. For many years free/open source software has
been building momentum. Beginning amidst the technical cultures that
produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it is now causing quite a
stir in the commercial world as large software corporations are
finding themselves competing against commercially available open
source software.
This new demand for free and open source
software has piqued interest among scholars in disciplines ranging
from sociology to economics to social psychology, and has raised
questions in fields of application ranging from innovation processes
to strategic management. As an aid to these scholars, they offer the
Free / Open Source Research Community. By having visitors contribute
to our research databases, they hope to establish a community of
information exchange that will lead to a greater understanding of open
source and it's applications.
In the spirit of free and
open source software (F/OSS), they are attempting to establish a
community in which information will be freely exchanged, so that
others may further the understanding of open source and its
implications outside the realm of software development. They invite
researchers to post their papers on open source and free software
here, and to add themselves to the research directory, so that their
community can become steadily larger and more comprehensive.
The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open
Source
The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open
Source
12/28/2004 04:54 PMDecoding the Free/Open Source (F/OSS)
Puzzle
Decoding the Free/Open Source (F/OSS)
Puzzle
05/13/2004 05:19 AMDecoding the "Free/Open Source (F/OSS) Puzzle" - a Survey of
Theretical and Empirical Contributions by Maria Alessandra
Rossihttp://opensource.mi
t.edu/papers/rossi.pdfAbstract:F/OSS software has been described by many as a puzzle. In the past
five years, it has stimulated the curiosity of scholars in a variety
of fields, including economics, law, psychology, anthropology and
computer science, so that the number of contributions on the subject
has increased exponentially. The purpose of this paper is to provide a
sufficiently comprehensive account of these contributions in order to
draw some general conclusions on the state of our understanding of the
phenomenon and identify directions for future research. The exercise
suggests that what is puzzling about F/OSS is not so much the fact
that people freely contribute to a good they make available to all,
but rather the complexity of its institutional structure and its
ability to organizationally evolve over time.
BEA Offers Free Open-Source Components
BEA Offers Free Open-Source Components
05/26/2004 07:51 PMLinuxInsider.com,CA-8 minutes ago ... and open-source controls
designed to help enable developers to tap into the Web services
capabilities of the Amazon, eBay, Federal Express, Google, PayPal and
...
A Free Open Source Virus Scanner
A Free Open Source Virus Scanner
06/02/2004 06:23 PM“ClamWin Antivirus Features include: Scanning Scheduler;
Automatic Virus Database Updates. ClamAV team updates Virus Databases
on a regular basis and almost immediately after a new virus/variant is
out; Standalone Virus Scanner; Context Menu Integration to Microsoft
Windows Explorer; Addin to Microsoft Outlook.”
New: Understanding Open Source and Free
Software Licensing
New: Understanding Open Source and Free
Software Licensing
09/22/2004 10:12 AMO'Reilly's Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
discusses copyright, patent, and warranty issues with open source
licenses and explores how to choose among the licenses.
Best Free Open Source Cocoa Code To
Learn From?
Best Free Open Source Cocoa Code To
Learn From?
03/06/2004 02:03 AMFree/Open Source Research Community
Online Papers
Free/Open Source Research Community
Online Papers
10/28/2003 11:08 PMFree/Open Source Research Community Online Papershttp://opensource.m
it.edu/online_papers.phpFree/open source software
(F/OSS) is software for which the human-readable source code is made
available to the user of the software, who can then modify the code in
order to fit the software to the user’s needs. The source code is
the set of written instructions that define a program in its original
form, and when it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it,
modify it, and redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the
software. In this manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by
traditional proprietary software.
For many years free/open
source software has been building momentum. Beginning amidst the
technical cultures that produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it
is now causing quite a stir in the commercial world as large software
corporations are finding themselves competing against commercially
available open source software.
information. This new demand for
free and open source software has piqued interest among scholars in
disciplines ranging from sociology to economics to social psychology,
and has raised questions in fields of application ranging from
innovation processes to strategic management. The online papers
archives represents the latest thinking and current happenings.
Sun announces new free support for open
source server companies
Sun announces new free support for open
source server companies
04/26/2004 08:10 PMSun Microsystems Monday announced free J2EE 1.4 technical support for
all open source app server companies, so they can make their products
square with the new specifications. Sun also released a new, freely
downloadable" J2EE 1.4 Application Verification Kit (AVK). The new AVK
tests for portability to J2EE APIs across Java-compatible application
servers and applications -- including JBoss, Apache, and other open
source servers.
Open Source and Free Software,
Concepts, Controversies, and Solutions
Open Source and Free Software,
Concepts, Controversies, and Solutions
05/12/2004 09:58 AMYesterday, I had the opportunity to speak at the Open Source and Free
Software conference, held by the Knowledge Media Design Institute
at the University of Toronto.
The conference was designed to explore the legal, moral, political,
social, commercial, and technical perspectives of open source and free
software, to build a broader understanding of the movement.
I spoke on a panel entitled Education
and Public Knowledge: Open Access, Open Content. The aim of the
panel was to understand how the lessons from open source and free
software could help develop a thriving open-content ecosystem, within
the context of education.
The entire conference will be online soon -- check it out!
Advancing Economic Research on the Free
and Open Source Software Mode of
Production
Advancing Economic Research on the Free
and Open Source Software Mode of
Production
01/03/2005 06:25 AMAdvancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source
Software Mode of Production by Dalle, J.-M., P. A. David, Rishab A.
Ghosh, & W. E. Steinmueller
http://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/davidetal.pdf
Abstract:
Early contributions to the academic
literature on free/libre and open source software (F/LOSS) movements
have been directed primarily at identifying the motivations that
account for the sustained and often intensive involvement of many
people in this non-contractual and unremunerated productive activity.
This issue has been particularly prominent in economists'
contributions to the literature, and it reflects a view that
widespread voluntary participation in the creation of economically
valuable goods that is to be distributed without charge constitutes a
significant behavioral anomaly. Undoubtedly, the motivations of F/LOSS
developers deserve to be studied more intensively, but not because
their behaviors are unique, or historically unprecedented. In this
essay we argue that other aspects of the "open source" phenomenon are
just as intriguing, if not more so, and possibly are also more
consequential topics for economic analysis. We describe the
re-focusing and re-direction of empirical and theoretical research in
an integrated international project (based at Stanford
University/SIEPR) that aims at better understanding a set of less
widely discussed topics: the modes of organization, governance and
performance of F/LOSS development -- viewed as a collective
distributed mode of production.. We discuss of the significance of
tackling those questions in order to assess the potentialities of the
"open source way of working" as a paradigm for a broader class of
knowledge and information-goods production, and conclude with
proposals for the trajectory of future research along that line.
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.
ExperimentalScene Announces Version 1.5
of Its Premier Windows XP Registry Tool,
RegCompact.net, Now Released as Open
Source, Free Software (GPL)
ExperimentalScene Announces Version 1.5
of Its Premier Windows XP Registry Tool,
RegCompact.net, Now Released as Open
Source, Free Software (GPL)
03/27/2005 03:20 AMRegCompact.NET, a popular shareware utility for Windows is now free.
It enables users to speed up their PC by optimizing the data storage
of Windows XP's system registry, a critical and often sluggish part of
the system. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]
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.
Film Industry Gets Challenged by
Bloggers First Film: Open Source,
Grassroots, Free, Remixable
Film Industry Gets Challenged by
Bloggers First Film: Open Source,
Grassroots, Free, Remixable
03/19/2005 02:59 AM"What's a 'blog'?". "What do 'bloggers' do?". "'Bloggin' - what's
that?". "Where's the 'blogosphere' exactly?". To find an answer to
these questions, TheWeblogProject (http://www.theweblogproject.com)
has come to the rescue: here is the first Film for, by and about
Bloggers. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]
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.)...
Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection
Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection
02/01/2005 09:16 PMPatentCafe's Natural Language Based OSS Patent Search Engine™
Accelerates Software Developers' Use of IBM's 500 Pledged Patents.
Freely accessible by the entire OSS community, PatentCafe's Open
Source Software Patent Search Engine adds significant value to IBM's
contribution by accelerating the integration of IBM's patented
technology into the marketplace, helping to foster worldwide
interoperability standards. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]
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!)
The gift economy and free software
The gift economy and free software
06/05/2004 04:31 AMA "gift economy" is a social system in which status is given by how
much one shares or gives to one's community, as opposed to an
"exchange economy" where status is given to those who own or control
the most stuff. In today's world we're used to the latter economic
philosophy, as it has been closely affiliated with the capitalist
system since at least the Industrial Revolution and the invention of
the corporation. But the Industrial Age is over -- this is the
Information Age now, and things are changing.
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.
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).
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.
1-877-YELLOWPAGES is filing to go public
in order to raise money and provide a
free service competing against 411
Directory Services. Founder Bobby
Khalili, a 28 year old millionaire
entrepreneur from Los Angeles is
promising to provide a free alternative
to 411.
1-877-YELLOWPAGES is filing to go public
in order to raise money and provide a
free service competing against 411
Directory Services. Founder Bobby
Khalili, a 28 year old millionaire
entrepreneur from Los Angeles is
promising to provide a free alternative
to 411.
06/17/2004 02:03 AM1-877-YELLOWPAGES, The nation's first and only YellowPages directory
providing business listings over the telephone is filing to go public.
[PRWEB Jun 17, 2004]
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.
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.
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 /.)
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