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Software Freedom Means Business Success
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| The free software definition does indeed
| read like a revolutionary manifesto,
| partly because it is. The people behind it
| often eschew the pragmatism of the term
| 'open source' and focus on liberty alone.
| It's worth looking behind their philosophy
| though. I paraphrase the free software
| definition as guaranteeing the liberty to
| use, study, modify and distribute software
| without interference. Those four liberties
| create value for business:
|
| * The freedom to use the software for
| any purpose, without first having to
| seek special permission (for example
| by paying licensing fees). This is
| what drives the trend to adoption-led
| deployment, where iterative
| prototyping leads to rapid solutions.
| * The availability of skills and
| suppliers because they have had no
| barriers to studying the source code
| and experimenting with it. The market
| in open source tools and consultants
| is getting richer and more vibrant by
| the day because of this freedom.
| * The assurance that vendors can't
| withhold the software from you because
| anyone has the freedom to modify and
| re-use the source code. If a vendor
| decides to end support for open source
| software, another company can step in
| and carry on where they left off - as
| I intend to prove.
| * The freedom to pass the software on
| to anyone that needs it, even
| including your own enhancements -
| including your staff, suppliers,
| customers and (in the case of
| governments) citizens.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2966&blogid=41
South Carolina Department of Education Sees Success with Moodlerooms â Reports Improved Support, Usability and Satisfaction
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| Moodlerooms, Inc., trusted provider of
| managed open-source solutions wrapped around
| the worldâs most widely used open-source
| learning management system, Moodle, has
| helped South Carolina Department of
| Education (SCDOE) increase success rates
| while decreasing its total cost of ownership
| by 35%.
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http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/05/14/south-carolina-department-of-education-sees-success-with-moodlerooms-reports-improved-support-usability-and-satisfaction/
Why Businesses Need To Work More Together On Open Source
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| It's instructive to look at an initiative
| going on in Thailand. As discussed here, a
| consortium of Thai businesses called the
| Business for Open Source Society (Boss) is
| pooling contributions from open source
| specialists and local software companies
| and launching training programs for open
| source developers.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/why-businesses-need-to-work-more-together-on-open-source
WANdisco Gives Back to the Subversion Community
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/wandisco-gives-back-to-the-subversion-community,1307147.shtml
Oki Launches "Mission-critical Systems Migration Support Services"
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| Oki has also proactively promoted open
| source in response to the needs of cost-
| conscious companies. In particular, for
| JBoss Enterprise Middleware(*9), an open-
| source-based middleware product line, OKI
| was the first Japanese company to conclude
| a JBoss Premier Business Partner contract
| with provider Red Hat in May 2009,
| positioning it as the ideal partner in
| Japan.
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http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201005190250.html
Magento Development Company is Providing Cost Effective Magento Development Services
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| Magento is a highly popular among the open
| source ecommerce development community.
| Magento Development Company specifically
| provides topnotch Magento development
| services and solutions at competitive
| prices.
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http://www.addpr.com/articles/software/31735.html
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