http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/05/24/open-solutions-alliance-sartorio-unveils-osas-strategy/ “equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism” Mon, 21 May 2012 09:28:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/05/24/open-solutions-alliance-sartorio-unveils-osas-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-40206 Roberto Galoppini Sat, 02 Jun 2007 14:36:05 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/05/24/open-solutions-alliance-sartorio-unveils-osas-strategy/#comment-40206 Dominic, I guess that OS firms with "vertical" offering won't apply if among OSA's members someone else has already a similar offer. So, at some point you might consider that <a href="http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/enterprisedb_an.html" rel="nofollow">one database</a> is not enough, but could you bring in any other? I can hardly see other OS database firms investing in a common brand-oriented strategy, because <a href="http://robertogaloppini.net/2006/12/04/business-model-appropriating-returns-from-commons/" rel="nofollow">appropriating returns</a> sounds uncertain. Dominic, go for focusing, go! Dominic, I guess that OS firms with “vertical” offering won’t apply if among OSA’s members someone else has already a similar offer. So, at some point you might consider that one database is not enough, but could you bring in any other?
I can hardly see other OS database firms investing in a common brand-oriented strategy, because appropriating returns sounds uncertain. Dominic, go for focusing, go!

]]> http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/05/24/open-solutions-alliance-sartorio-unveils-osas-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-39236 Dominic Sartorio Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:25 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/05/24/open-solutions-alliance-sartorio-unveils-osas-strategy/#comment-39236 Hi Roberto, Interesting ideas. We have a lot of product vendors among members, but mostly products whose success depends on horizontal services being relatively standard in the industry (integration, management and monitoring, project management, reporting, content management, and broadly-scoped business applications such as ERP, all depend on best practices for various services). We are also starting to attract more “integrator” members, who don't represent an open source product themselves but focus on support and professional services. So, your observation appears to be proving itself out in practice, and I would expect the OSA to focus on these areas in the future. Hi Roberto,
Interesting ideas. We have a lot of product vendors among members, but mostly products whose success depends on horizontal services being relatively standard in the industry (integration, management and monitoring, project management, reporting, content management, and broadly-scoped business applications such as ERP, all depend on best practices for various services). We are also starting to attract more “integrator” members, who don’t represent an open source product themselves but focus on support and professional services. So, your observation appears to be proving itself out in practice, and I would expect the OSA to focus on these areas in the future.

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