An eye on the Open Solutions Alliance - Alex Fletcher sees a consistency in OSA’s stated approach, but as I wrote to Dominic Sartorio - OSA’s President - OS firms with “vertical” offering won’t apply if among OSA’s members someone else has already a similar offer. In my opinion OSA might better act on behalf of those companies delivering “horizontal” services - just like SpikeSource - much better than the “vertical” ones (those who take care of a product). The reason is that in horizontal services arena there is no “corporate player” yet, so OSA might well be the first mover.
OSI Submission Update - Bill Hilf submitted Microsoft’s licenses (MS-PL and MS-CL) just before going on vacation.
Building consumers products with open source - Ari Jaaksi tells Nokia’s approach to Open Source.
Actuate Harnesses Open Source to advance Leadership in BI - Dilbert’s boss wants to use Open Source just for everything, may be also for Business Intelligence? Let’s see if Actuate will eventually turn BIRT in a successful business case.
China: Patent Moves Meets Standards Muscle - Jeff Kaplan reports that China is becoming a serious player in the IP world.
Firefox is a Public Asset - Mitchell Baker essay about the Mozilla’s business models.
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