Latest Publications on Industry and Research
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Assumption about longevity and its consequences
If you have run into me recently, I may have bugged you with the following question: Given the rapid pace of development in medical technology, I expect my generation to live to 100 years of age. A child being born today may live to the age of 250 years of age. Under this assumption, what…
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The five stages of open source volunteering [Technical Report]
This technical report was superseded by a republication by Springer Verlag. Please cite and use the later publication. Abstract: Today’s software systems build on open source software. Thus, we need to understand how to successfully create, nurture, and mature the software development communities of these open source projects. In this report, we review and discuss…
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Upcoming public talks on open source
Here are three upcoming talks on open source for the next six months in 2014: I wish I was more consistent in announcing public talks…
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Call for demos: Future programming workshop
Richard Gabriel and Jonathan Edwards are programming the future. Submit your demos!
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The business of open source user foundations (consortia)
I held a talk on open source user foundations today, at the OpenUp Camp in Nuremberg. The slides are available as a PDF or on slideshare, embedded below: A small anecdote on the side In preparation of the talk, I looked for academic publications on the Kuali Foundation. I found only one, but I couldn’t…
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Call for papers: Onward! Essays at SplashCon 2014 in Portland, OR
Please consider submitting a paper to Onward!Essays at SplashCon 2014. This year, SplashCon, and with it Onward!, will return to one of its favorite locations, Portland, OR. For the call for papers, see this link or this PDF. Disclaimer: I’m on the program committee.



