Latest in Industry and Research Publications
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Translation (to German) of Interview on Open Source in the Public Sector
I recently was interviewed about open source in the public sector and blogged my answers here: Should the public sector use open source software? 1/4 Why did munich drop Linux and LibreOffice for Microsoft Windows and Office? 2/4 Should the public sector consider open source only for new purchases? 3/4 Shouldn’t a public government stay…
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Why Open Source is Good for Your Economy (FOSSC19 Recap)
It is no secret that software is everywhere. No traditional product has remained untouched, whether the product is being produced using software or whether software is an integral part of it. As part of this wave of digitization, established vendors from outside the software industry need to avoid that someone else will reap all the…
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Free-to-Use, Unless You Are a Cloud Provider (The New Strategy?)
On the heels of my talk about the current licensing challenges to single-vendor open source firms, I want to discuss the resulting strategy for vendors selling to developers. Single-vendor open source firms go to market by providing software they developed to the world under an open source license. The goal is to create a large…
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Why Now? And Who? The Struggle Over Single-Vendor / Open-Core Licensing
Update 2023-08-26: Redis writes to us that they rebranded from Redis Labs, to Redis. In yesterday’s talk I reviewed the current licensing struggle of single-vendor open source firms. Single-vendor open source firms go to market by providing software they developed for free, under an open source license, while also offering a commercially licensed version of…
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Single-Vendor Open Source at the Crossroads (Slides) #lfosls
I’ll be giving a presentation on single-vendor open source today at the Linux Foundation Open Source Leadership Summit 2019. Abstract: Most venture capital funding in open source flows to single-vendor open source firms. With the struggles over licensing in the cloud, these companies find themselves at the crossroads: Stay true to open source or move…
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The Importance of Product Management
Another role or function that is often confusing to Germany high-tech companies is product management. Startups tend to get it right these days, but large organizations often remain unfazed by a lack of strong product management. A product manager is responsible for defining the product innovation and associated business plan (strategic product management) as well…