The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond
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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.
Open Source Software and Economics
Open Source Software and Economics
10/29/2003 09:19 PMThe Economics of Open Source Hijacking
and Declining Quality of Digital
Information Resources
The Economics of Open Source Hijacking
and Declining Quality of Digital
Information Resources
05/13/2004 05:19 AMThe Economics of Open Source Hijacking and Declining Quality
of Digital Information Resources: A Case for Copyleft by Andrea
Ciffolillihttp://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/ciffolili.pdfAbstract:The economics of information goods
suggest the need of institutional intervention to address the problem
of revenue extraction from investments in resources characterized by
high fixed costs of production and low marginal costs of reproduction
and distribution. Solutions to the appropriation issue, such as
copyright, are supposed to guarantee an incentive for innovative
activities at the price of few vices marring their rationale. In the
case of digital information resources, apart from conventional
inefficiencies, copyright shows an extra vice since it might be used
perversely as a tool to hijack and privatise collectively provided
open source and open content knowledge assemblages. Whilst the impact
of hijacking on open source software development may be uncertain or
uneven, some risks are clear in the case of open content works. The
paper presents some evidence of malicious effects of hijacking in the
Internet search market by discussing the case of The Open Directory
Project. Furthermore, it calls for a wider use of novel institutional
remedies such as copyleft and Creative Commons licensing, built upon
the paradigm of copyright customisation.
Sun tries sharing Java again; still not
open source
Sun tries sharing Java again; still not
open source
06/22/2005 02:37 AMZDNet Jun 21 2005 2:05PM GMT
Fifty years of sharing open source
Fifty years of sharing open source
06/24/2005 09:35 PMThrough its Academic Initiative, IBM is sharpening its focus on
providing learning tools for college students interested in open
standards and open source software on IBM products. But a
volunteer-led group called SHARE has been working to teach open source
methods to those already in the business world.
Blogging Technology Going Open Source
Blogging Technology Going Open Source
05/18/2004 09:07 AMThe core technology for Manila and Radio UserLand, called Frontier, is
set for an open-source release within the next few months, says the
founder of UserLand Software.
Blogging Technology Going Open Source.
Blogging Technology Going Open Source.
05/21/2004 10:01 PMeWeek:
Blogging
Technology Going Open Source.IBM to Open Source New Storage
Technology
IBM to Open Source New Storage
Technology
12/26/2002 12:55 PMBig Blue plans to draw the curtain on aspects of its next-generation
storage software to appeal to open source developers.
Brazil looks to close technology gap
with open source
Brazil looks to close technology gap
with open source
11/18/2003 01:23 AM A new policy set in place by the administration of
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to move its systems
from expensive Microsoft
products to a Linux -based
platform in order to cut computer costs. Sergio Amadeu, head of
Brazil's National Information
Technology Institute , also hopes that the move to open source
will help ease the digital divide in his country:
[He] argues that the gap between the needy and
the wealthy will only deepen unless the poor have easy access to the
technology that the rich have at their fingertips, especially in
developing countries like Brazil.
IBM has entered into an agreement with the Brazilian government
to explore the move to open source.
Eclipse Loads Open Source Technology
Project
Eclipse Loads Open Source Technology
Project
09/03/2002 11:37 AMThe IBM-led software group creates a new venture to bolster
open-source computing.
Actuate brings BI technology to
open-source group
Actuate brings BI technology to
open-source group
08/31/2004 09:05 PMComputer Weekly Sep 1 2004 1:24AM GMT
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
09/13/2004 10:28 PMIBM has contributed speech technology to the Apache Software
Foundation. By releasing its source code IBM hopes to bring a quick
end to battles over competing, proprietary standards; solidifying the
industry behind VoiceXML.
Blogging Technology Going Open Source
(Ziff Davis)
Blogging Technology Going Open Source
(Ziff Davis)
05/18/2004 10:26 AMZiff Davis - The core technology for Manila and Radio UserLand, called
Frontier, is set for an open-source release within the next few
months, says the founder of UserLand Software.
U.S. may be left behind in open-source
technology, Red Hat's Szulik warns
U.S. may be left behind in open-source
technology, Red Hat's Szulik warns
08/03/2004 11:24 PMRed Hat CEO Matthew Szulik opened the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
with a warning that the U.S. could lose its pre-eminence as a
technology supplier because of recent developments in U.S. law and
copyright, education and patent policies.
Wall Street & Technology Online: Novell
Adds MySQL Open-Source Database To
Netware
Wall Street & Technology Online: Novell
Adds MySQL Open-Source Database To
Netware
10/22/2002 05:53 PM"Novell on Monday said it will ship a licensed version of the
open-source MySQL database with every version of Netware, giving users
of Netware access to the same development tools and apps that run on
the Linux platform..."
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...
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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.
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.
Library of Economics and Liberty : The
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
Library of Economics and Liberty : The
Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
08/19/2004 05:42 AMLibrary of Economics and Liberty : The Concise Encyclopedia of
Economicshttp://www.econlib.org/
library/CEE.htmlContains articles on many aspects of
economics, from basic concepts, to taxes, to money and banking. There
are articles in more than one dozen categories, as well as biographies
and a full index. Articles are also cross-linked. This will be added
to the
Business
Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.
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.)...
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!)
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.
...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 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.
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 /.)
When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter
When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter
07/20/2004 11:14 AMOne frustration too many: time for a rant. When a bug in Mozilla
(keyboard focus is on the previously selected window) has remained
unfixed for at least 18 to 24 months, when XFree86 mouse interaction
with PS/2 or GPM remains hazardous and makes a system unusable and
that bug has been fobbed off to the kernel developers and not dealt
with for at least two years - when there are more examples like this
that make using Open Source software a pain, what do you do?
Are you one of the few people with the time and money and
expertise sufficient to delve into the source yourself to fix the
problem?
Do we have it "too good" and these niggles are, by comparison to
the rest of the world's computer users (Windows), absolute peanuts?
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention
More Than Open Data at the 2004 O'Reilly
Open Source Convention
08/09/2004 12:52 AMWi-Fi Technology Forum Aug 9 2004 5:11AM GMT
Linux Sees Open Field for Open Source
(washingtonpost.com)
Linux Sees Open Field for Open Source
(washingtonpost.com)
08/03/2004 10:28 AMwashingtonpost.com - Plenty of tech experts have spent years trying to
convince the general public that the Linux operating system is
becoming more of a threat to Microsoft's Windows. With the LinuxWorld
conference underway this week in San Francisco, there is finally a
sure-fire sign that this may be the case: Microsoft won't be there.
Microsoft Expands Sharing of Source Code
(AP)
Microsoft Expands Sharing of Source Code
(AP)
09/19/2004 08:59 PMAP - Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government
organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software
blueprints amid growing competition from rivals who make such source
code freely available.
Microsoft Expands Source Code Sharing
Microsoft Expands Source Code Sharing
09/20/2004 10:38 AMRed Nova Sep 20 2004 2:12PM GMT
Microsoft Expands Sharing of Source Code
Microsoft Expands Sharing of Source Code
09/19/2004 09:09 PMAP via New York Post Sep 20 2004 1:38AM GMT
Open source cracks publishing wide open
Open source cracks publishing wide open
06/17/2004 11:24 AMOnce upon a time, publishing was the domain of large corporations.
Then came desktop publishing and the tools to produce a book shrank
from the cost of an aircraft carrier to the price tag of a PT boat.
Now, small publishers on the bleeding edge of technology are fomenting
a revolution that may change the publishing market forever. Open
source publishing tools, long derided as not being ready for battle,
are proving themselves in the trenches of small publishing.
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