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 [...]

Benioff Laughs Off Salesforce’s Looming Rivals

SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce.com is putting more of its money where its mouth is, preparing to more than double its datacenter footprint as it competes with enterprise software giants like Oracle, SAP and Microsoft.
But it was that mouth that stole the show yesterday at Dreamforce 2008, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor’s annual user conference.
Marc Benioff, Salesforce’s [...]