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Be Liberal with OSS Commit Access « Bill the Plumber - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 14 Sep 09 - Cached

Ross Gardler on 14 Sep 09

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Company / Project Commit Details - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 10 Sep 09 - Cached

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Company / Project Commit Stats for Eclipse

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Brief overview of AVOIR - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 10 Sep 09 - Cached

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

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Twitter And The Revenue Dilemma - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 26 Sep 09 - Cached

Ross Gardler on 26 Sep 09

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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Your valuation can actually go down once you turn on revenue.</div>

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Doing science in the open - physicsworld.com - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 03 Sep 09 - Cached

Ross Gardler on 03 Sep 09

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

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Entertaining Code » Don't Be an Open Source Douchebag - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 03 Sep 09 - Cached

Ross Gardler on 03 Sep 09

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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11 Apache Technologies that Have Changed Computing in the Last 10 Years - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 03 Sep 09 - Cached

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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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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OSS Watch Workshop: Engaging Developers with Open Source... - Eventbrite - 0 views

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shared by gab han on 03 Sep 09 - Cached

Why should software developers who create local customisations of open source software take the further step of submitting their changes back to the main project? While it takes more effort initially, having these changes integrated in the project becomes efficient in the long run: local modifications need not be re-applied at every upgrade, and the project takes over their maintenance.  Also, by building up a record of useful contributions, one can gain influence in shaping the project's future.This OSS Watch workshop will present this argument in greater detail, explaining how developers engaged in customisations of open source software should make these contributions. Some examples of projects that benefited from this type of engagement of their developers with open source software will be presented by people directly involved in these processes.
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Survey Says Agile-Developed Software is Easier to Support - Cutter Consortium - pitchen... - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 02 Sep 09 - No Cached

Ross Gardler on 02 Sep 09

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Once More unto the Breach: More on Open Source Conversion Rate Myths - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 02 Sep 09 - Cached

Ross Gardler on 02 Sep 09

In a normal proprietary software company this means you've disqualified someone that isn't a customer in the pipeline, in the open source corporate world, I believe they sit in a different process. Instead of a manufacturing metaphor (pipelines) we need a more organic social metaphor to track success and growth of the community. Lead generation is a measure of community engagement. You want to grow your community. Customers will self-qualify.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In a normal proprietary software company this means you've disqualified someone that isn't a customer in the pipeline, in the open source corporate world, I believe they sit in a different process. Instead of a manufacturing metaphor (pipelines) we need a more organic social metaphor to track success and growth of the community. Lead generation is a measure of community engagement. You want to grow your community. Customers will self-qualify.</div>

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WebEx Meeting Center - 0 views

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A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects - Software Freedom Law... - 0 views

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shared by Ross Gardler on 31 Mar 08 - Cached