Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

Category: 1.5 Commercial Open Source

  • The single-vendor commercial open source business model [Book Chapter]

    The single-vendor commercial open source business model [Book Chapter]

    Update 2012-01-28: Springer changed the citation. The reference below reflects this. Springer just republished our 2009 article on how vendor-owned open source works, again. Here is the abstract: Abstract: Single-vendor commercial open source software projects are open source software projects that are owned by a single firm that derives a direct and significant revenue stream…

  • Open Source Business Research at OWF 2010

    Update, 2010-11-05: If you like this blog post, you might also like my artikel on the single-vendor commercial open source business model. This afternoon, I’ll be presenting my thoughts on the current state of open source business research and future directions at the OpenWorldForum 2010 in Paris. I have summarized these thoughts in this blog…

  • Open World Forum State of Open Source

    The Open World Forum 2010 is coming up next week. Please meet me there and discuss with me the state of open source and the state of open source research on their respective panels. See you in Paris, Sept 30-Oct 1!

  • MediaWiki and Commercial Open Source Innovation

    You may be surprised to hear that the dominant public Internet wiki engine, MediaWiki, only plays a minor role in the enterprise. Within the corporate firewalls, TWiki, Confluence, DokuWiki, TikiWiki, and others are running the show. Why is that? It is certainly not the lack of commercial customer interest in MediaWiki, which everyone already knows…

  • Key Statements from Marten Mickos’ PARC Forum Talk

    I just finished listening to Marten Mickos at PARC Forum on open source businesses. Below please find my list of key statements from this talk. Most are well-known, some remain controversial, however, as a researcher it is good to be able to pinpoint such statements.

  • Talk Slides: The Commercial Open Source Business Model

    For my AMCIS 2009 talk on the single-vendor commercial open source business model, first the abstract, then the slides: Commercial open source software projects are open source software projects that are owned by a single firm that derives a direct and significant revenue stream from the software. Commercial open source at first glance represents an…