Category: 1. Software Industry
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Every license has its time and place
You may have noticed the recent discussion about which open source license a single-vendor commercial open source firm should choose for its community offering. In this blog post I’ll argue that this choice depends on the state and speed of the firm.
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Patterns of effective tweeting and retweeting
These are patterns and practices of getting the most out of your 140 characters on Twitter. dirkriehle: Examples are in-lined using blockquote like this; the author is named first Table of Contents General Principles Informational Messages Directed Conversations Social Filtering Global Communication
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A Twitter best practice
There are many best practices of using Twitter for organizations. Here is one; I may post others in loose order as I have good examples at hand. I was attending IBM’s NPUC:09. Like many, my first reaction when I’m unhappy these days is to tweet about it. dirkriehle: Almaden is a great location, on top…
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Commercial open source: The naming confusion remains
In 2004, SugarCRM coined the term “commercial open source“. This term was intend to separate the commercially-oriented open source projects of venture-capital-backed startups from the then dominant community open source projects. The term was picked up quickly, by many. I (as well as others) define it the following way: “A commercial open source firm is…
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Summary and translation of micro-blogging can enhance productivity interview
Courtesy of SAP, here an English-language summary translation of the interview with Oliver Günther on micro-blogging and productivity. Originally: “Das Microblogging kann die Produktivität durchaus steigern.” Computer Zeitung, June 15, 2009. The integration of micro-blogging in corporations makes sense, concludes a project by SAP Research in Palo Alto and the Institute for Business Informatics at…
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Micro-blogging in the enterprise can improve productivity
Oliver Günther, a co-author of our micro-blogging in the enterprise study and a Professor at prestigious Humboldt University (of Berlin, Germany), was interviewed by the German tech weekly “Computer Zeitung” on the subject matter. He re-iterated our main point that micro-blogging can improve productivity in enterprises (but also that more work needs to be done).…