Open Source Business

November 6, 2008

Three Firefox extensions for Gmail

Filed under: linux, windows — Tags: , , , , , — tina @ 2:53 pm

Gmail, Google’s popular Web mail application, is already full of useful features all on its own. But Firefox users can further customize Gmail with a variety of add-ons. Some only change the appearance, while others add functionality that makes Gmail more like a personal planner than just a plain old email application. Let’s take a look at three Firefox add-ons for Gmail. (more…)

October 31, 2008

Asterisk awakens open source love in telecom entrepreneur

Filed under: asterisk — Tags: , , , , , — tina @ 8:43 pm

Marc Fribush, a former “Microsoft guy,” is a telecommunications industry entrepreneur who discovered the benefits of open source when he launched a turnkey SAAS telephony business based on Asterisk. “It’s really powerful stuff,” Fribush says. (more…)

August 8, 2008

Software configuration management built on OSS gives Virtusa a competitive advantage

Virtusa, an IT services company founded in 1996, was using proprietary version control and collaboration systems to develop software for its clients until Sri Lankan founder Kris Canekeratne decided that a custom solution built on open source components was a better fit for internal use. As a result, the company ended up saving millions of dollars on licensing fees and acquisition costs. (more…)

June 21, 2008

Social networking for sports sits on an open platform

Filed under: internet, lamp, open source — Tags: , , — tina @ 6:17 pm
Sportsvite.com, a kind of MySpace for ballers, exists because Steve Parker and a few friends wanted to find a better way to organize softball leagues and other casual sports teams in their New York neighborhoods. Parker, who lists badminton as a favorite sport on his Sportsvite.com profile, says he has always been an advocate of using open source, and thought it would be a great idea to build an Internet service that would make it easier for people to team up for amateur sports. (more…)

May 6, 2008

Thingamablog makes client-side blogging easy

Filed under: content management, java, linux — Tags: , , , , , , — tina @ 2:56 pm

Thingamablog is a cross-platform GPL blogging application that lets you create, update, and maintain multiple blogs from the client side. Thingamablog even acts as its own FTP client when you’re ready to publish or update your blog with new content. The software is easy enough for beginners to use, but sophisticated enough that veteran bloggers will appreciate it too. (more…)

Consultant hopes open source apps will “snap together” someday

DPCI, a technology consulting firm based in New York City, specializes in providing custom content management solutions. DPCI uses open source software and recommends it to clients who need powerful, flexible content management solutions, but face budget challenges in a belt-tightening economy. President and founder Joe Bachana says he discovered the merits of building a business on open source first through personal experience. (more…)

May 2, 2008

Enterprise lessons from open source success

I wrote a special report for SDTimes on open source development methodologies. They’ve published it as a special report, both at the Web site and in their print edition. (PDF)

March 7, 2008

Red Hat High campers are bridging the digital divide

One of the things Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik loses sleep over is the digital divide, especially when it comes to children. He wanted to do something about the disparity in the availability of computing resources and skills between social classes, so he set aside corporate funds to create Red Hat High, a week-long technology summer camp for eighth- and ninth-grade students.

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March 6, 2008

Classic Gasperson: FSF asks Lindows, “Where’s the source?”

Bradley Kuhn, vice president of the Free Software Foundation, says the organization is contacting LindowsOS representatives because the company has not included source code with its “sneak preview” releases. Lindows CEO Michael Robertson says his company will comply with the GPL when the product is released to the public. (more…)

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