Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Business Week just published the ‘CEO Guide to Open Source Software’ and let me say it is pretty lame. I can only hope that most CEO’s will look further than this report to be educated about Open Source Software. The report is essentially a rehash of the messages from the VC funded ‘open source companies’ that [...]
InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A group of open-source software advocates set out a road map for the software industry through 2020 at the Open World Forum conference in Paris on Tuesday. The authors of the report, "2020 FLOSS Roadmap" (PDF) , made a number of predictions about the role of FLOSS (free, libre, and open-source software) in 2020, and 80 recommendations for the...
Webcloudworld (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A complete overview of the scope of Open Source software in the “on-demand” field (written by Jerome Gotangco, Mor.ph ) How Open Source is accelerating innovation in the field of SaaS and PaaS View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: fossmy saas )
Computerworld UK's Roundup (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The Open Solutions Alliance , a nonprofit industry group that pushes for the adoption and interoperability of open-source software, has named an executive of the giant systems integrator Unisys as its new president.
Cnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
There seems to now be a general recognition that it's tough to make the numbers work with a pure pay-for-support open source business model.
CNET News.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
There seems to now be a general recognition that it's tough to make the numbers work with a pure pay-for-support open source business model.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PARIS, December 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Open Source Becomes the Hidden Backbone of The Software Industry - Beyond Cost Reduction, the Open Source Paradigm Embraces an Even More Important lonL-Term Benefit: a More Innovative and Flexible IT Shop That can Rapidly Seize new Opportunities - The Spirit Of Open Source Emerges Inside Large Corporations At...
Click World News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Martyr4BK writes "Businessweek has a slew of special reports today on open source software discussing the benefits for buyers who are cost conscious and open source being the silver lining for the economic slump. They even have a slideshow of "OSS alternatives" like Linux, Apache, MySQL, Firefox,Xen, Pentaho, OpenOffice.org, Drupal, Alfresco, SugarCRM, and...
Business Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
Percentage of wireless customers who use their cell phones to take picturesBWSUBSCRIPTIONSThis Week's Episode Open-Source SoftwareCompanies Increase Use of Free SoftwareOpen-source software can be downloaded for free from the Internet. Analysts predict that companies will turn to open-source software to save money during this economic downturn....
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
The Open Solutions Alliance, a nonprofit industry group that pushes for the adoption and interoperability of open-source software, has named an executive of the giant systems integrator Unisys as its new president. Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager of open-source business at Unisys, is taking over the role previously held by Dominic Sartorio,...
Cnet (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
MIT is open sourcing a mobile project, paving the way for other universities to benefit and contribute.
Frequently Asked Q (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've always had my doubts about the open source business model. This piece in BusinessWeek does a great job of explaining the problem. Companies had hoped to add value to open source software by selling support and service. It just hasn't worked out. The most telling quote from the article: And therein lies the great paradox: Open-source code is generally...
News Beast (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
PC World - The Open Solutions Alliance, a nonprofit industry group that pushes for the adoption and interoperability of open-source software, has named an executive of the giant systems integrator Unisys as its new president.
Business Week (Free subscription) | yesterday
Open Source: The Model Is BrokenThe open-source business model that relies solely on support and service revenue streams is failing to meet the expectations of investors SPECIAL REPORTCEO Guide to Open-Source Software For anyone who hasn't been paying attention to the software industry lately, I have some bad news. The open-source business model is broken. Companies have long hoped to make money from...
Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Keith Curtis, who worked at Microsoft for 11 years as a programmer, recently wrote "After the Software Wars," a defense of open source software. It's available for download and also as a paperback on Lulu.com. Curtis and I corresponded via e-mail several weeks ago:
