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Loading ...Open-Source Economics is a video of a very moving and informative talk that Yochai Benkler gave at TED Conference. Yochai Benkler is one of the leading figures in the academia whose research and publications focus on free and open source movement or what he calls, “commons-based peer production.”
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If your organisation is planning on switching to open source, please take a look at the Software Alternatives compiled by Open Source Africa. It includes a five-step migration guide and case studies.
The Open Source Definition is a chapter written by Bruce Perens in the book, Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution.
The Open Source Definition is a bill of rights for the computer user. It defines certain rights that a software license must grant you to be certified as Open Source. Those who don’t make their programs Open Source are finding it difficult to compete with those who do, as users gain a new appreciation of rights they always should have had…Companies that use open-source software have the advantage of its very rapid development, often by several collaborating companies, and much of it contributed by individuals who simply need an improvement to serve their own needs.
It is no doubt that this is our first article under Discover. We are featuring webERP an an open-source web-based ERP system. webERP is a complete web based accounting/ERP system that requires only a web-browser and pdf reader to use. It has a wide range of features suitable for many businesses. It is developed as an open-source application and is available as a free download to use. The feature set is continually expanding as new businesses and developers adopt it. Since it is free no marketing nor advertising has been done. Its popularity is purely based on solid practical functionality that works as tried and tested by an increasing number of businesses. There have been in excess of 80,000 downloads to date.
What is Open Source software, anyway?:
Perhaps you have already heard about open source software and you can’t quite believe that it offers a way to use software for free. Perhaps you have heard that open source is a movement espoused by men (and some women!) sporting beards and sandals. Perhaps you have simply no idea what it is and you want to find out more. Whatever your motivations, it’s always a good time to start learning about free and open source software.
Click here to read "Open Source software for absolute beginners."
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Despite recent changes to Microsoft’s licensing strategy for some software, the debate between commercial software developers and the open-source community continued to rage on Thursday, as topexecutives from Microsoft and Red Hat met at an industry conference.
Craig Mundie, senior vice president at Microsoft, echoed his company’s long-standing claims that commercial software is but one choice in a large software ecosystem driven by customers, vendors, academia and the government, during his opening remarks at the O’Reilly Open Source conference here. While Microsoft stands accused of undermining the strength of open-source software development, Mundie contended that open source is a valued part of the software economy, but is not an approach his company will fully embrace any time soon. "Microsoft has no beef with open source," Mundie said. "We happen to like and will continue to pursue commercial software as a business model Microsoft believes in. Ultimately, the market will tell us if that choice is a good one."
Read the full article here.
