British Airways sets up tech innovation unit
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| The unit's remit also includes open source and a new portal will go live on
| the BA staff intranet in January based on US$723 (350 pounds) open source
| software called Liferay.
|
| Coby said: "We are looking at open source. We looked at the big heavy duty
| stuff from the likes of BEA which costs you a big license and support fee but
| this does everything you want."
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,62035107,00.htm
Related:
BA puts recruits on course for Linux and Web 2.0
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| The trainees will gain experience in Linux and Web 2.0 technology
| and participate in major projects, such as the development of
| Heathrow Terminal 5, said Francis.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/15/222432/ba-puts-recruits-on-course-for-linux-and-web-2.0.htm
http://tinyurl.com/23r699
Why open source and open innovation has to be taken more seriously
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| Open innovation guru, Harvard Business School Professor Henry Chesbrough, has
| written papers on the need to develop more flexible and open business models
| across the board. Companies need to get a lot better at bringing external
| ideas and knowledge in from the outside, while at the same time allowing
| internal ideas not being used to flow outside the organization.
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http://blogs.smh.com.au/innovator/archives/2007/11/the_idea_that_companies_will.html
Open source values: transparency
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| Transparency works on a personal level, because you don’t have to remember
| lies. It works on a programming level, building community around code and a
| stronger code base. It works on a business level, creating trust which leads
| to profit. And I predict it can work on a political level — those who embrace
| transparency will gain power.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1641
The Low Point--a view from the Valley: The innovation game
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| Innovation is a weasel word. It used to earn an honest living, but now it's
| been hijacked by marketing people for dishonest purposes. It's now in the
| same category as "rich". Does anyone now hear the words "rich user
| experience" or "rich client" without thinking of a bloated, Windows-only
| client that doesn't use open or standard protocols? Controlling the language
| like this is power. Whoever defines the words we use can control the way we
| think about things. Our knowledge of language limits how we can express our
| thoughts. Innovation these days is being used as a code word for large,
| corporate controlled research and development, regardless of any results it
| might produce.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-171600.html
Innovation: The REAL Killer App
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| There is no true innovation in Windows Vista. Microsoft has spent
| years developing a product that nobody cared about or wanted. All
| Microsoft was developing was the operating system they needed to
| perpetuate their Windows franchise. After long hold ups in
| development, this has left their Windows revenues at a trickle.
| The sad thing is the GNU/Linux camp has done little to combat
| this deficiency in innovation. They have been more concerned
| with creating an equivalent product at a better price rather than
| a better product at a better price. Sure GNU/Linux is a better
| product due to its inherent stability, performance and security,
| but these aren't the features that home consumers migrate
| platforms for. True innovation, such as improvements in usability,
| is the only way one can convince consumers to choose your product
| over a stagnant entrenched one like Windows. It is simple free
| market economics, the better product at the best price will win.
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http://free2code.blogspot.com/2007/04/innovation-real-killer-app.html
Change and development with open source
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| Innovation goes hand in hand with open source software. Open source software
| builds on the innovative nature of people; it comes from people's desire to
| make something better. It also gives people the skills and resources to
| become innovative with software.
|
| This is not abstract speculation; a recent report from a group of corporate
| CIOs states, 'faster product cycles are seen as a big advantage for open
| source - CIOs believe that product innovation is faster in open source'.
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http://www.nccmembership.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_WEBART/view.asp?Q=BF_WEBART_292509
Apple's Annual Developer's Conference Disappoints For Its Lack of Innovation
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| Apple shares fell 3.45% yesterday on general investor disappointment
| with what was perceived as a lack of innovation at Apple's annual
| software developer's conference [WWDC].
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070612/38015_id.html?.v=1
OK and FST use Linux-based phone to accelerate mobile device innovation
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| Nine months after its official launch, Australian developers have already
| extended the capabilities of the world's first non-proprietary Linux powered
| mobile phone.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1072849801;fp;2;fpid;1
Balancing open source risk and the total innovation opportunity
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| This week I have been banging on and on about the total
| innovation opportunity of using open source software as an
| enterprise development platform.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/01/balancing_open.html
Can you leave innovation to the customer?
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| Open source innovation: how does it work?
|
| Ideas or problems are made freely available to anyone who can be bothered to
| look at them. They are then aired in online forums, meaning that glitches are
| ironed out in record time, and the forum creator charges to a manufacturer to
| develop the prototype and get the product onto the shelves.
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http://blogs.theage.com.au/innovator/archives/2007/09/can_you_leave_i.html
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