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Crossings 
Opensource Conference in Europe
Developing in the open can provide benefits beyond the value of the intellectual property.
Maybe the middle-man isn't so bad.
The Creative Commons Open Licenses are very popular for content creators. I predict we will see a lot of opensource code licensed in this manner, and it makes sense!
The conference slides are now available.
The value of the product includes the potential add-ons and extensions. What are you doing to leverage your community?
OpenXource is heading to the west coast. Are you?
Opensource development doesn't work nearly as well if you're not actually open.
Some of the best things in life are free, like this conference.
Knowledge is not something that is static. It is the result of ongoing conversations and relationships.
People have relationships with other people, not corporations.
Opensource conferences in Europe and the US.
If you want to promote your open source efforts, you should consider creating a blog, or set of blogs, for your projects.
One of the oft-forgotten benefits of opensource software is the obvious fact that you can read and learn from quality source code.
Your user community is more complex than you think. If you scratch their back, they'll scratch yours.
Making the right choice from the myriad of opensource Java web frameworks isn't as bad as you think.
Changes are afoot at the OSI.
Not everyone agrees on how money should be made from opensource.
Is participation in opensource simply resume fodder?
Survival of the fittest also applies to opensource.
Never forget that a community is about individual relationships.
Which is more important: accessible code or accessible data?
A product meeting the end of its commercial life isn't necessarily a great candidate for releasing as opensource.
If you can't sell software, sell services.
They just don't write docs. Perhaps instead of trying to make them, find some writers.
Perhaps corporate developers could benefit from opensource practices.
Yell at us when we get it wrong!
Just because it's opensource doesn't mean that the laws of capitalism don't apply.
Which bits deserve to be set free?
Even an opensource project can inadvertently be a cathedral.
The Open Source Consortium, bringing hackers and corporations together.
Apple has successfully harnessed their community.
First in a series of community opensource anti-patterns.
Another firm moves from unsuccessful license-revenue model and tries support/consulting.
If you're a services company around opensource, perhaps enabling a large competitor isn't wise.
Large corporate software vendor does not feel the pressure of opensource.
Opensource projects initiated in an open community have significant difference from those initiated within an corporate environment and subsequently set free.
Support consolidators and using opensource to sell a revenue-generating platform.
...and then hijinks ensue.
Developing in the open can provide benefits beyond the value of the intellectual property.
June 07, 2005
Maybe the middle-man isn't so bad.
April 16, 2005
The Creative Commons Open Licenses are very popular for content creators. I predict we will see a lot of opensource code licensed in this manner, and it makes sense!
April 14, 2005
The conference slides are now available.
March 31, 2005
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