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Science, with some elements of Execution
Another Take on Enterprise Open Source

By ⋅ February 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Today’s best conversation was with Christopher Young, of B2BSX, a startup software exchange where corporate IT departments can buy and sell their development efforts, and make a little cash to offset stressed budgets. It’s an interesting idea, and spawned some ideas in a couple of different directions. Andy Hardy, IT Director Every company I’ve worked [...]

Inspiration, with some elements of Science
Open Source Insights on Enterprise Software Business Models

By ⋅ March 15, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A recent Slashdot posting pointed to a presentation from EclipseCon earlier this month, given by Brent Williams, an equity research analyst who used to be in the software business. A few things really caught my eye … Take some time to flip through the original presentation; there are some interesting insights about the nature of [...]

Science, with some elements of Execution
Implementing Intranet on Speed: I did finish it …

By ⋅ August 23, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

I noticed I never closed my comments on the intranet implementation – in general, a roaring success, based on the following criteria: Project completed at minimal cost – we used DotNetNuke, a nifty little open-source portal that works on Microsoft’s .Net platform. Many resources exist that list free and inexpensive modules to add on to [...]

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