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Help me! I use Open Source.
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| One of the biggest arguments against Open Source software is that there is no
| support for it. Many proprietary software proponents tout this as a primary
| reason why enterprises and next door neighbours granny don't use open source
| software.
|
| [...]
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| From a business and personal point of view there are many more advantages for
| open source than there are for proprietary source programs. It will just take
| a while for the economical hysteresis to catch up to that fact. Let me know
| what you think and please keep things on an objective level.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/help-me-i-use-open-source-27957
Divide and Conquer: Open Source and SaaS Take on Enterprise Software
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| Enterprise software is under attack. Traditional infrastructure players like
| BEA are seeing their core products replaced with free open source projects,
| while traditional application vendors like Oracle/Siebel are being displaced
| by SaaS. But is this a slugfest with only one winner? Will SaaS and open
| source ultimately turn against each other for dominance of the software
| business model - WWF Smack Down style - where the once united tag team, after
| conquering their opponent, starts to fight between themselves? Actually I
| think not. Just as I don't see traditional enterprise software disappearing
| completely, I believe both SaaS and open source are naturally suited to
| different parts of the market and in fact will coexist quite naturally.
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http://opensource.sys-con.com/node/726771/print
Related:
Open Source Is the Big Disruptor
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| Wurster also spoke on some of the market accelerators to open source, which
| included the low barriers to entry and increased return on investment, the
| availability of high-quality solutions at low cost, the access to open
| standards and development processes, vendor independence and flexibility—
| resulting in investment protection—and faster procurement and a shorter
| development time.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2186932,00.asp
Calling all disruptors: the perfect storm of SOA, SaaS, and open source
beckons
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| The SOA/SaaS/open-source combination is a highly potent disruption force,
| and we ain't seen nothing yet.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/service-oriented/?p=892
Meet the 'New Disruptors': Executives Finding Success in Shaking Up Their
Industries
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| Red Hat develops and provides support for Linux software services.
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| [...]
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| "I have an amazing amount of respect for what Bob built," he added. "I
| think Red Hat is one of the most successful companies to ever come from
| NC, and as I told Bob that night I just hope that Motricity will one day
| be seen in the same league as companies like Red Hat and SAS here in
| the triangle!"
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http://www.localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/1451389/
Constructive disruption: an enterprise perspective on open source
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| It was refreshing to hear how ardently each panelist spoke of the
| benefits of open source. These are significant, global brand names,
| and each is leveraging open source to discover value and drive
| innovation. The tide surely has turned in open source's favor.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/05/constructive_di.html
Credit Suisse Disruptive Technology Portfolio Mover Of The Week: Red Hat
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| This was the second quarter in a row in which Red Hat's multiyear deals
| grew significantly compared with the prior year, and some investors
| probably see this as a sign that the company is discounting
| contracts. Pricing pressure of this sort is a particularly
| important issue for investors now that Oracle is offering a
| discounted alternative to Red Hat.
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http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198800838
Having Fun With Disruptive Models
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| Net software infrastructure is another classic example. Imagine a world
| where no free Linux or Apache or MySQL existed and then imagine how
| many billions Microsoft and Sun have lost because they do.
|
| [...]
|
| The answer to the business model for static media is, unless someone has
| a flash of business genius, likely to be that beautiful, ugly word "free."
| Free, of course, comes in more shades than Eskimo snow, but whatever shade
| of free your music is, if you are paying .001 cents more on a can of Coke,
| you're not going to be complaining much. The money will still be flowing,
| but the bill to you will be bundled into some other cost like the
| advertising margin in your groceries. With all this "free," it's easy to
| think dot-com stands for dot-communism, but in reality, it's just an
| efficient market at work. In the meantime, we should all be trying to think
| up crazy ideas like text adverts in little boxes down the side of Web
| pages.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/09/16/microsoft-google-oracle-business-model-pf-guru-in_cc_0918soapbox_inl.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/qqd5y
Disruption in the Software Industry
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| Many corporate IT managers considered Linux to be woefully inadequate
| in its early days and for the most part, they were right. But it
| was good enough for quick and dirty applications and for
| provisioning non-critical systems like file & print servers and
| web servers. As the web started to grow in importance, those
| niche applications became more prevalent and Linux continued to
| get better. Now you find Linux in pretty much every corporate
| data center in the world.
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http://www.theopenforce.com/2007/01/disruption_in_t.html
Standards and Disruptive Technologies
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| Look for more and more recognition of the importance of
| standards-based co-opetition in the years ahead -- and for the
| success of more disruptive technologies as a result.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070104044420309
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