A great list of links relating to open source business models and development strategis.

A great list of links relating to open source business models and development strategis.

the war between open source and proprietary software is over - and moreover that open source has won.

the war between open source and proprietary software is over - and moreover that open source has won.

There is no crowd in crowdsourcing. There are only virtuosos, usually uniquely talented, highly trained people who have worked for decades in a field.

There is no crowd in crowdsourcing. There are only virtuosos, usually uniquely talented, highly trained people who have worked for decades in a field.

Framework for thinking strategically about Mozilla grantmaking, to help guide the choice of problem areas in which Mozilla organizations might make grants and the creation of detailed strategies for each such area. The goal is for Mozilla to be a catalyst in spurring innovations and addressing problems in areas relevant to the Mozilla mission that are important for the future of the open web but have been relatively neglected by us or others who share our vision and values.

Your valuation can actually go down once you turn on revenue.

while IT operations is the crux of making sales in open source, it might well be that open-source companies should focus on community development and avoid making too much money so that they can maintain a healthy valuation.

How do we evaluate open source work in an academic setting?

"No amount of general 'Just jump in, please join us!' shouting will work if the potential contributors you're trying to reach don't think that any such invitation could possibly be directed towards them.

Democratizing Innovation book and other related papers

How do sponsored open source communities differ from their autonomous counterparts?

We generally feel that through developing most of our infrastructure code in public there are various benefits for us as a commercial vendor.

examined a number of examples where foundations have begun to take advantage of new licensing models for materials and resources produced by their own staff, their consultants and their grantees.

Somebody that has posted a patch has: learned how to download the source, has learned how to build your project, has stepped through your code to find and understand their bug or new feature, and most importantly has shown a tremendous amount of initiative.

Company / Project Commit Stats for Eclipse

In a new study on open-source adoption in the business intelligence (BI) market, it's becoming clear that both the benefits and shortcomings of open source software are nearly universal across all technology segments.

The African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) builds capacity in software engineering in Africa using Free Software (Open Source) as the vehicle.

Michael Nielsen explains how we can build a better culture of online collaboration

I encourage any programmer to practice their technical skills on an open source project. But while you do so, take the opportunity to practice your people skills a bit as well, or why not your writing skills? Don't be an open source douchebag - someone reporting your software's flaws is not attacking you personally.

Although a completely volunteer organization, the ASF has helped create some of the most important technologies underpinning the modern Internet. Here, we look at some of the Apache technologies that have changed computing over the last decade, as well as those Apache technologies poised to change computing in the next 10 years.

An impressive majority of software development organizations (77%) report that they have adopted agile methods, at least for some of their projects. And according to the data most of these organizations (53%) found that agile-developed software is easier to support due to frequent product releases and customer involvement during development.