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Re: open source and support
Talkback Could there be a backlash from customers when the people developing the open source products disappear and they have not any support? If the developers building the open source codebase dissappear, then players like my firm are happy to step in.
[January 15, 2009, 14:25]
Open source support firm SourceLabs bags $7m
News SourceLabs was launched about two years ago around the idea of offering corporate customers support for open source software products, particularly Linux, the Apache web server, MySQL database and Java development software.
[October 27, 2006, 9:20]
Open Source for the Enterprise: Support Models for Open Source
White Papers While this paper argues that the best way to take advantage of open source is to embark on a program of institutional skill building, startups, systems integrators, and software, vendors are coming to market with different offers of support.
[October 17, 2007, 1:00]
Open source InfoCard rival gets heavyweight support
News IBM and Novell on Monday are expected to announce an open source response to Microsoft's forthcoming InfoCard identity management technology. The companies plan to contribute to an open source initiative code-named Higgins Project.
[February 27, 2006, 15:50]
Denmark urges govt support for open source
News While a number of governments in Europe and elsewhere are eyeing open source software as a way of cutting costs and stimulating localised software development, the Danish study goes a step further, arguing that public sector support for open...
[October 23, 2003, 18:15]
One-stop shop for open-source support launched
News Open-source support specialists Credativ has launched the Open Source Support Centre (OSSC), which aims to provide support for a range of community-developed software from Linux to MySQL. Halls believes there is plenty of demand for this type of...
[November 13, 2007, 5:00]
Coders 'have support concerns' over open source
Talkback .but open source/free softwares have nothing against commercial "support" or accountability. Just a note , reread the eula of all your commercial "closed source" products. Even the open nature of exchange allow an easy evaluation of a product : is...
[January 20, 2005, 11:13]
SugarCRM hopes support will sweeten open-source package
News Open-source software start-up SugarCRM plans to introduce support services for its free contact management product on Thursday, part of a big push to lure customers away from high-priced, proprietary programs.
[September 7, 2004, 13:55]
EC's open-source study wins broad support
News The European Commission-sponsored report which urged organisations to consider deploying open-source software has won widespread support from key industry figures. Mark Taylor, founder of the Open Source Consortium, echoed his support for the...
[January 18, 2007, 16:02]
Denmark urges govt support for open source
Talkback Once an open file format is established all government needs to do is maintain the standards for all software but saying that software that doesn't support the standard, or software that tries to break the standard, won't be considered until if...
[October 26, 2003, 23:18]
Denmark urges govt support for open source
Talkback Of course the only really open format is a text file comprising ASCII format characters. If you use ANY other file format for archive purposes, it will become obsolete. This is in addition to the extra storage capacity required.
[October 27, 2003, 8:39]
Denmark urges govt support for open source
Talkback Now now now. Do you even know the openoffice file format? It is a compressed xml file. Meaining you uncompress it with standard compression tools followed by interpret the plane text that is encased.ie unlike you state, it will not become obsolete...
[October 28, 2003, 20:30]
Denmark urges govt support for open source
Talkback Is it just me, or these pseudo-studies highlight mostly geo-political views of the world (i.e. Europe versus American corporations), rather than economical or technical ones ?
[October 26, 2003, 19:35]
Open source specialists offered tech support bounty
Talkback European companies exist that have been doing this sort of thing for years - minus the Xbox (which a stupid idea). Why the article?
[May 9, 2006, 16:10]
Open-Source-on-Windows ISV Gains Microsoft Support, Sees Sales Soar 200 Percent
White Papers Aras Innovator enterprise open source solutions address strategic business initiatives. The company wanted componentized solutions based on the Microsoft .NET Framework instead of large, monolithic J2EE systems that were expensive and difficult to...
[July 3, 2007, 1:00]
Coalition seeks US gov't support for open source
News Several open-source software companies and many other organisations have formed a consortium called Open Source for America to persuade the US government to use more of the collaboratively developed software, to participate in its development, and...
[July 23, 2009, 17:06]
Kiara: An Open Source SIP System to Support Deaf Telephony
White Papers This paper describes Kiara, an open source SIP-based communication system that provides the building blocks to enable Deaf relay services. The paper has implemented a prototype that provides real-time text, voice and video to a variety of end user...
[February 6, 2009, 0:00]
Free/Libre and Open Source Software: Policy Support
White Papers It argues that most of what is claimed for "Open standards" in recent policy debates was already well encompassed by "Standards"; a different term is needed only if it is defined clearly in order to provide a distinct economic effect.
[April 5, 2006, 1:01]
Open source 'pressuring Microsoft pricing'
Talkback You've still got to pay for support anyway, so get support for Linux and have some choice over who supplies that support instead of locking yourselft further into a vendor, instead of leaving your options open.
[February 20, 2004, 3:37]
Open-source payroll application launched
Talkback To his horror, his software is so old, the vendor no longer support it. Here's an example on why you should base your business on open systems: With open software, this scenario is not going to happen.
[November 26, 2004, 10:31]
