Tag Archive for 'fabriziocapobianco'

Google and Microsoft Open Source Project Hosting Policies

Published
by
Roberto Galoppini
on September 17, 2010
in Licenses
. 3 Comments

Fabrizio Capobianco - Funambol CEO and AGPL’s prophet and forerunner - with his recent blog entry pointed me to Chris Di Bona’s article about Google’s decision to tolerate the AGPL, and I took the chance to make a writeup about how Google and Microsoft differ in their open source software hosting facilities.

Continue reading ‘Google and Microsoft Open Source Project Hosting Policies’

Funambol + JAJAH: Open Source SaaS in Action

Published
by
Roberto Galoppini
on June 26, 2009
in Commercial OSS, Italians do it and Open Business Models
. 0 Comments

Funambol and JAJAH, the global IP communications company, today announced the world premiere of the new Go JAJAH service, to be launched exclusively in Italy.

The new service automatically updates a mobile phone address book, creating a local number for each international number, allowing callers to make international calls at local rates.

Continue reading ‘Funambol + JAJAH: Open Source SaaS in Action’

Italian Startups: Capture Creativity Last Webchat

Published
by
Roberto Galoppini
on June 3, 2009
in Italians do it
. 0 Comments

Capture creativity - the video webchat series organized by the American Embassy in Rome to learn from success stories of first generation entrepreneurs - today at 3 PM will be presenting the last webchat, featuring Marco Marinucci (Google, “Mind the Bridge” founder).

Continue reading ‘Italian Startups: Capture Creativity Last Webchat’

Open Source Mobile: Funambol’s Differences between Community and Carrier Editions

Published
by
Roberto Galoppini
on March 6, 2009
in Commercial OSS, Italians do it, My Meetings, Open Business Models and open source communities
. 6 Comments

On my way back from the Open Source Think Tank I met my friend Fabrizio Capobianco at his office in Reedwood city, and he took the chance to show me his new MobileWe portal, the Funambol’s version of  Apple’s MobileMe.

Funambol business model has always intrigued me, and I asked Fabrizio more about how Funambol manages the difference between the community edition and the carrier edition.

Continue reading ‘Open Source Mobile: Funambol’s Differences between Community and Carrier Editions’

About the Editor

Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.