Posts Tagged ‘open-source’

NGO-Camp und Free Software Camp

Stefan Evertz, den ich auf dem Barcamp München getroffen habe, plant ein NGO-Camp (“SocialCamp – ein zweiter Stein“). Konzept und Umsetzungsideen: Die Vernetzung der Stakeholder scheint mir gerade in diesem Bereich ausbaubar. Vielleicht kann auch das Free Software Camp am 2. November in London dazu beitragen: The Free Software Foundation Europe and M6-IT are presenting […]

Open Source and Innovation

Via 7 Days and More: Maybe [Keith Sawyer’s] perspective is too product centric. One true innovation is open source itself, the methodology used to build and release a product. Another radical innovation is the business model behind open source. Innovation should not be reduced to a product but must seen in a process and business […]

Eric von Hippel interviewed …

Via Experiantia I learned about this interview with Eric von Hippel by Gartner research fellow Tom Austin: […] to discuss his new book: Democratizing Innovation. This seminal book – based on a broad base of academic research – explores how users have been driving the innovation process for centuries. It also discusses opportunities that organizations […]

Apples Erfolgsgeheimnis

Simson Garfinkel in Technology Review über Apple: “Apples Erfolgsgeheimnis“, fast eine kleine Fallstudie, u.a. mit verschiedenen Einblicken auf veränderte Strategien und Kompetenzen, neu gestaltete bzw. modifizierte Geschäftsmodelle … […] Der traditionsreiche Computerhersteller versucht der Welt gleichzeitig klar zu machen, dass er kein IT-Konzern mehr ist, sondern eine Firma, die sich dem “digitalen Lifestyle” widmet. Ein […]

Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software

Peer Innovation and Production

Business Week with a new article by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williamson on peer innovation and production: […] how old-school companies like IBM can create value by embracing open-source models

Microsoft and Software Business Models of the Future

Knowledge@Wharton: New models of software pricing and distribution are becoming increasingly popular. […] on the increase: “on-demand” software where customers rent software applications when they need them and pay only for what they use. All of these models pose unique threats to Microsoft, […] the two biggest competitive threats to Microsoft are open source software […]