Digium and the open-source telephony revolution (Hint: It's well under way)
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| I was fortunate to spend some time on the phone with Mark Spencer, founder of
| Digium and the Asterisk project, and he set me straight on how Digium is
| doing (Teaser: Exceptionally well), and what it's like to seed a market for
| one's competition...
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9829505-7.html
Ingres ramps up local operations to meet demand
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| Open source database company, Ingres Corporation, has announced four new
| appointments to its local team increasing its headcount to 32 staff spread
| across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Auckland.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=495684028&rid=-50
Communities Are Driving Companies
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| He also gave a great example of how communities/constitutes/users will
| crucify you if you don't work with them and/or address their needs. This
| video is a commentary on Sony Playstation 3 called "How to Kill a Brand"
| which outlines the folly of their PS3 release (viewed over 2 million times).
| It makes me wonder what would be make a good open source viral video...
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/071205-104747.html
Related:
Open-source software gamble for Google
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| Can something you give away for free turn into a gold mine? That's the
| multimillion-dollar question Google Inc. is betting on with its push into
| open-source software.
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http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=308cccac-dbe3-46ad-bc9e-a06a1130a510&k=51155
How to use open source as a power marketing tool
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| There are a number of ways traditional software vendors can participate
| in the open source software community. They circulate around open
| source licenses, such as the GNU General Public License (GPL), and
| how to leverage open source software as a marketing tool.
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| Traditional software vendors need to recognize the shift taking place
| is driven not only by successful open source projects, but also by the
| rapid and broad adoption of open source in the customer marketplace. The
| numbers behind open source adoption are compelling. Linux in both the
| United States and Asia is the fastest growing operating system ever. As
| measured by hostnames, Netcraft reports that the Internet has grown 26.1
| percent over the past 12 months, over 67 percent of it served up by open
| source Apache servers.
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http://management.itmanagersjournal.com/management/04/06/24/2057239.shtml
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