Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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Open source in the share of wallet wars
On their blogs, Matt Asay and Savio Rodrigues are discussing whether IBM is using open source to diminish competitor margins. I think it is obvious that IBM does this, most notably with its Linux engagement, which is squarely directed against Microsoft (Windows). It is what I call a war over the share of customer’s wallet,…
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Open source businesses and developer careers: Who benefits from open source? How and why?
Title: Open Source Businesses and Developer Careers: Who Benefits from Open Source? How and Why? Presenter: Dirk Riehle Abstract: Open source is changing how software is built and how money is made. This talk discusses the economics of open source software from the start-up firm, the system integrator, and the software developer perspective. The talk…
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Successful open source, with little or no agile
I’ll be participating in the panel “Successful Open Source, with little or no Agile” at Agile 2008 in Toronto, Canada, on August 7th, 2008. Successful Open Source, with Little or No Agile Agile adoption in the Open Source community ranges from some to none for most successful teams. The panelists, Dennis Byrne, Dirk Riehle, Christian…
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Conflict of interest in open source and PostgreSQL replication
Community open source is open source that is not owned by any particular company. Rather, ownership is shared among a large number of diverse stakeholders. Given the right (read: permissive) license, commercial companies can provide extensions to the community project, earning a living. Since such extensions are a unique selling point of these companies, one…
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Bringing Wikipedia to work: Open collaboration within corporations
This upcoming Wikimania 2008 tutorial discusses the three principles of “open collaboration” which I believe are underlying wikis, open source, and other forms of peer production. It is a follow-up to last year’s tutorial about open collaboration at Wikimania 2007. If the slideshow doesn’t play, please use the PDF file download below. Reference: Dirk Riehle.…
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Richard P. Gabriel: Photography workshop at OOPSLA 2008
For your information, a workshop on photographing technical conferences. Photography Workshop at OOPSLA 2008 Photographing a technical conference well is not a matter of point and shoot, nor is it about taking pictures to share with friends and family. The time is ripe for more serious photojournalism to capture our community’s leaders, its activities, and…