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- What is an open source company really worth?
- What is an open source company really worth?Durring booms, companies gets scared about other companies growing fasterthan they are. If they feel the need to immediately have customers and technology in a certain area, and are willing to pay a small fortune to not be left behind. It is always...
- Tags: open source company, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- No one has to buy anybody
- No one has to buy anybodyNot taken out of contextAt least, not out of the context of Tim's larger points on the topic, some of which are captured in his commentary. Tim doesn't think standalone open-source companies are the future. I think the opposite, and don't believe that...
- Tags: open source, open source company
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Open source grows beyond its roots
- Open source grows beyond its rootsAll in all goodbut you still need marketing to reach users who are unknowning of a product, whether they use a competing product currently, don't use said class of software but will, or are just generally interested. My probs with OSS is that lamenting...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, SugarCRM, open source, open source company, software
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
- Open source won't doom traditional enterprise software
- Last week SandHill.com published a column by Guy Smith of Silicon Strategies Marketing, titled "Is Enterprise Software Doomed?," suggesting that open source will cause traditional enterprise software to become extinct. Several member of the "Enterprise Irregulars," a group bloggers of which I am a member covering the software...
- Tags: open source
- Blog posts 2006-08-08
- Does it matter where open source firms are based?
- It shouldn't. But it does.Where a company is based determines its outlook. That's where its employment base is. That's whose newspapers its executives read.Mark Asay, now with Alfresco Software, told the OSBC Europe conference this week that open source companies are being pushed to locate in Silicon Valley, and they...
- Tags: open source, open source company, JBoss
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
- What's missing in open source companies?
- What's missing in open source companies?Say WHAT???"Successful open source companies don't have big marketing budgets."You've enver heard of IBM or seen their commercials?Better answer to What's missing...:Money.Yes, open source companies sell software. Red Hat admits it, other companies dissemble. The problem is that sales are at such low...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., open source, open source company, IBM Corp., marketing
- Discussion threads 2006-06-26
- What's missing in open source companies?
- Marketing. Successful open source companies don't have big marketing budgets. This is both natural and inevitable. Marketing has limited utility when the "product" costs nothing. Those open source companies that have put money in marketing, like Novell, are often looked-upon suspiciously as a result. That's not to say...
- Tags: open source, marketing, open source company
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Much ado about Oracle, but we can all move on now
- Much ado about Oracle, but we can all move on nowI'm glad to see you finally agree with Anton, No_Axe and othersIn that the open source business model is problematic at best - to quote "This is called transparency. It [b][u]minimizes profits[/u][/b], maintains competition, enhances value and makes sure good...
- Tags: open source, Oracle Corp., Open source company
- Discussion threads 2006-04-19
- Much ado about Oracle, but we can all move on now
- One of the silliest obsessions open source users have had to deal with this year has been Oracle.Oracle has bought some small open source companies. Oracle has played the FUD game regarding buying other, bigger open source companies.But in the end, Oracle finally admitted today, it's just a game. As...
- Tags: open source, Oracle Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- BEA's Breya down on JBoss
- Marge Breya, BEA senior vice president and chief marketing officer, called me after reading my post about Oracle's reported acquisition hunger for open source companies, including JBoss. She's not a fan of JBoss, a BEA competitor, especially after doing due some due diligence on the open source company. "JBoss has...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., JBoss, Marge Breya
- Blog posts 2006-02-10
Additional Resources
- Can IT strengthen the economy?
- At the Garner IT Expo in Orlando, Fla., Cisco CEO John Chambers explained that many company heads are looking for flexibility along with cost effectiveness--aspects that video conferencing and social networking provide. He says that, soon, IT and business strategy will be so intertwined that we won't know the difference...
- Tags: Information Technology, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Cisco, collaboration, Gartner, CEO, cost effective, video conferencing, IT, business strategy, economy
- Videos 2008-10-15
- Constellation Wines (maker of Mondavi, Wild Horse and other big U.S. wine brands) goes solar
- Pacific Power Management is building out a 1.2-megawatt solar system that will cover the winery warehouse roof for theConstellation WinesU.S. Gonzales Winery in Monterey, Calif. The system, set to be completed by the end of 2008, is supposed to produce more than 1,700,000 kilowatt hours per year. ...
- Tags: Winery, Brand, Wine, Pacific Power Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Adobe ships fix for clickjacking, clipboard hijack threats
- Adobe has released Flash Player 10 Techmeme discussion with a chock-full of major security improvements, including patches and mitigation for at least five serious security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities covered with Flash Player 10 could allow an attacker to bypass the software's security controls, Adobe warned. ...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Macromedia Flash Player, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- ebay beats Q3, adjusts guidance for Q4, FY08
- eBay reported third quarter earnings today, beating Wall Street's expectations with revenues of $2.12 billion, up $228 million from the third quarter of 2007. It reported non-GAAP profits of $592 million, or 46 cents per share. GAAP profits were $492 million, or 38 cents per share. Analysts had been expecting...
- Tags: Earnings, eBay Inc., GAAP, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- VIDEO: Is Steve Jobs starting to pass the baton?
- Maybe you didn't notice it - or maybe I'm just reading into this a bit too deep. But there were a couple of hints at this week's Apple announcement that might cause some to believe that Steve Jobs is gearing up for an eventual passing of the reins at the...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- The final debate: Don't expect Obama and McCain to spar over net neutrality
- When John McCain and Barack Obama take the stage tonight for the final debate before the election, I expect to hear plenty about the economy, domestic issues and foreign policy. What I don't expect to hear about is net neutrality, wireless spectrum or broadband. In tech circles,...
- Tags: Wired Inc., Broadband, John McCain, Net Neutrality, Barack Obama, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Signs your company might soon go belly-up
- Before a company goes under, just about everybody knows it. And before everybody knows it, a bunch of people are already whispering in the corridors and around the water cooler, certain they see the writing on the wall. But what about you? Can you read the clues sprinkled like breadcrumbs...
- Tags: Job, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool
- Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...
- Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- 80 ways to mix open source and business
- Open source and business do mix. In fact, according to Matthew Aslett at the 451 Group, you can mix open source into more than 80 combinations of development model, licensing model, and revenue schemes. Usually, people talk about three licensing combos: Proprietary, mixed, and "pure" open source...
- Tags: Aslett, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Open source and the bottom line
- It has been a hard decade for software billionaires and the next decade will be just as hard. Because the open source genie is not going back into the lamp. But net-net, the world is much better for it. The bottom line is in the eye of the beholder. by...
- Tags: Bottom Line, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Software, Matt Aslett, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Management, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
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