Marketing and Outsourcing model of Open Source

It was in the 1960’s when researchers working on Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) concocted the term ‘request for comment’ to develop protocols for telecommunication network. It was from hereafter the developments what occurred lead to the term ‘open source’. It was sometime in 1998 when Netscape in a conference decided to go public [...]

The Open-Source Collaboration Gap

Why individuals contribute more to open-source projects than companies do.
When it comes to open-source communities, individuals are much better citizens than institutions. The enlightened self-interest that causes individuals to send back bug fixes, contribute ideas for new features and write documentation is much harder to find in institutions. This week, the JargonSpy analyzes why such [...]

Measuring Corporate Contributions to an Open Source Project

Open source is looking more attractive to software development managers who need to make their budgets stretch farther, as the enterprise can benefit from FOSS community’s contributions. Here’s how to participate in open-source projects and measure developers’ success.
January 08, 2009 — CIO —
If 2008 had a buzzword, it was probably “community.” [...]

The smallest threat to open source in 2009

How much of a problem is security updating for open source software going to be in 2009?
On the first of the month — also the first of the year — Dana Blankenhorn published the sensationally titled The biggest threat to open source in 2009. His thesis is simple: that, because open source software usually lacks [...]

open source phenomenon

When you say ‘open source’, you may be clear about what you mean. However, others are twisting the term for their own ends, says open-source expert Mark Taylor.
Like me, you’ve probably read articles on how free software, or open source, is going to thrive in 2009, and how businesses everywhere are going to survive the recession [...]

Open-Source Solutions Catch Fire with VARs

By Herman Mehling: Many channel partners discover open-source solutions are easier to sell, more profitable to service and can offer better margins than more traditional proprietary products.
There’s a love affair brewing between channel partners and open source. After flying below the radar for several years, open-source solutions are gaining altitude in the channel as VARs [...]

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It is an award winning, free, open source Content Management [...]