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Open Mobility USA 2010: Open Source Workshop, by Stephen Walli

Stephen Walli will held the “Commercial Open Source at Work” workshop at the next Open Mobility, in March in San Francisco. The workshop is part of a joint collaboration between Stephen and myself, of which I am proud and glad.

Below the workshop summary, if you plan to go you better know early bid discount expires in 14 days.

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How to Make CodePlex Sexy for Business

The mission of the CodePlex Foundation - enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities - could be a roaring success. But in order to  create an open, neutral and business friendly environment first some work has to be done.

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Effective Commercial Open Source Strategies Reloaded

Last week I held the “Building an Effective Commercial Open Source Strategy” workshop at OSiM, the definitive industry event on Open Source in Mobile.

Stephen Walli and I this year worked out a richer workshop outline, aimed at covering open source software business and community issues, as well as IPR issues.

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Open Source Business Strategy: About the Open Source Whole Product Concept

James Dixon keeps updating his “Beekeeper model“, analyzing and discussing open source business strategies, now giving a closer view at the importance of the productization process.

Commercial open source, as James states, exists just to deliver software as whole product: an out-of-the-box, easy-to-consume, packaged-and-delivered, risk-free solution.

Learning to walk on the tight-rope
Italian whole organic product, by fensterbme

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Open Source Business Strategy: Feedback on the Beekeeper Model Revisited

James Dixon - Pentaho Chief Technology Officer - about two years ago wrote the “Beekeeper model“, telling the word about how open source firms writing the majority of the code make business.

Now James released the first draft of the new version asking for comments, and I am glad to give him some feedback again.

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InitMarketing Customers Win Open Source Prizes, DCOS Statement on Procurement, PenOffice 3.1 supports Handwriting, Mozilla funds Theora Development: open source links, 29-01-2009

Two InitMarketing Customers Win Open Source Business Award - Two Initmarketing customers won prizes. I was partially involved with Stephen Walli to write todoyu business plan, and I really enjoyed it!

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Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
I am a specialist in Commercial Open Source Software, consulting on marketing and business strategy. I help organizations to build new business strategies for the open source economy. I speak widely on open source and open standards throughout the world.