Let me get right to the point: The time is now for open-source offerings to get their collective act together.
Read more »Avoiding the Great Open-Source Blunder
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Open Solutions Alliance creating European office
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The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA) is adding a chapter based in Europe, the group is expected to announce Tuesday.
Read more »Making Money With Open Source, Part 1: Turning Users Into Buyers
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Navica's Bernard Golden discusses how commercial open source is its own business model and unique in that it faces two "chasms" -- from Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm -- one involving broad adoption of the free versions of product, and the other involving converting a significant subset of adopters to paying customers.
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Interoperability: The end users’ biggest fear about open source
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The Open Solutions Alliance, a non-profit group backed by a number of commercial open-source suppliers has found that found interoperability is a foremost concern among open-source-software customers.
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