Open Source Strategies, Open Source Personalities, Ubuntu Documentation, SugarCRM CEO interview: links 28-12-200

Giving and Taking - Digium’s strategy on licensing unleashed.
A community approach to commercial training materials - Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu’s approach to create training materials.

Why do projects fail in large enterprises? -James McGovern says open source projects work better than outsourcing because they have better acceptance criteria. I definitely agree.

Interviewing Brian McCallister on Ning, OpenSocial, and Apache Shindig - Brian McCallister proposed Apache Shindig as an open source OpenSocial incubator, the interview.

SugarCRM CEO John Roberts: On-Demand Dynamics Are Changing - John Robert’s interview, it is worth reading.

On JBoss, IBM Linux, FUD and the “Real Roy Russo” - more James Governor’s thoughts on the importance of open source hackers, and more.

The risks of open source focus - Alex Fletcher on what it means to be an open source/proprietary company.

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