Can free software transition to the web services world?
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| So how do free software projects develop and
| host web services? Do they use business models
| like advertising to be self sustaining? Do they
| start foundations like the GNOME Foundation
| that will run as a nonprofit but make enough
| money of the hosted version to at least cover
| expenses? Or will all hosted services be
| essentially startup companies done by free
| software developers hoping to create a
| successful company?
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http://www.stormyscorner.com/2009/12/how-can-open-source-software-transition-to-the-web-services-world.html
Recent:
EC predicts growth of the cloud
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| And open source is playing an increasingly
| important role in the software industry.
| PAC says it can be seen as a 'viable
| alternative' to traditional software
| products.
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http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.33552
Open Source, SaaS to drive future of microfinance IT: Grameen Technology Center
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| Open Source software and SaaS are emerging
| as the key Management Information Systems
| (MIS) software for MFIs, according to Craig
| Chelius from the Grameen Technology Center
| (GTC). These products, he argues, can offer
| MFIs fully customisable, secure software
| that they can own without the need to pay
| expensive licensing fee.
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http://www.microfinancefocus.com/news/2009/11/28/open-source-saas-to-drive-future-of-microfinance-it-grameen-technology-center/
EC study hails cloud computing growth
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| "Open source is also playing an important role
| in the customisation of information systems,
| enabling service providers to better serve
| customer needs. "
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http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2253966/ec-study-hails-cloud-computing
Putting Trust in the Cloud
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| With new platforms like Moblin and Chrome OS in
| various stages of availability, though, I may
| soon find myself facing a real push to store
| data like this out on the cloud.
|
| My security twitchiness aside, I do see real
| advantages to using the cloud for storing data.
| It would be nice, for instance, to have all of
| my computers' data stored and accessible from
| one place. Right now, a lot of older info is
| kept on enclosed hard drives pulled straight
| from the original machine the drive was used,
| until an upgrade or a re-assignment necessitated
| moving that drive. If I have to find my wife's
| recipe for peppermint cocoa created in 2003, I
| know on what drive that's stored, but it's not a
| pretty system by any means.
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http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/putting-trust-cloud
Related:
AGPLv3 Keeps Open Source Vibrant in Age of SaaS
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| For all practical purposes, the AGPLv3 is a key advance for everyone involved
| in open source, regardless of if you are a software developer, Internet end
| user or enterprise end user. The AGPLv3 closes the ASP loophole and keeps the
| freedom of open source software alive, in the age of SaaS and hosted
| applications.
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https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/agplv3-keeps-open-source-vibrant-age-saas
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