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Open Source Marketing Metrics - From 0 to 700 Customers in One Year

One important goal of open source software is to drive rapid adoption of a new product. Effectively, open source downloads become a marketing channel for...

1 replies - 3215 views - 10/31/08 by Chris Keene in Articles

IT Opportunities in the Current Financial Crisis?

I'm not optimistic, but here is a fact: For more than 20 years (since the 1987 crash) or in some cases since the usage of computers in companies, the IT...

3 replies - 3731 views - 10/31/08 by Frederic Simon in Articles

Software Development in Troubled Times

Nowadays, more than ever, developers need to be productive. Ultra-productive. Organizations need to optimize the added value they get out of their development...

1 replies - 3551 views - 10/22/08 by John Ferguson Smart in Articles

The Cost of SpringSource Enterprise Support

I'm in the early stages of combining several Java EE 5 projects into a single project (WAR, EJB, EAR, JARs, etc). To do that I needed to swap out EJB 3.0 for...

54 replies - 6979 views - 09/26/08 by Ryan de Laplante in Articles

5 Tips For Writing Interesting Technical Articles

I have received several emails over the past few weeks asking me for tips on how I manage writing articles on a continuous basis. As I said in one of my...

0 replies - 5168 views - 09/19/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

The Undercover Adventure (Part 5): Sliding sand consensus.

In my time here on the oil mine I have had a lot of time to think and observe and one thing is for certain, perspective on something makes a big difference in...

0 replies - 2194 views - 08/14/08 by AnneBotha in Articles

The Undercover Adventure (Part 4): Rabbits chasing running carrots.

I sighed once more as I read my email and with furrowed brow considered the end result of his email. It would not have proven to be so frustrating had this...

1 replies - 2425 views - 08/04/08 by AnneBotha in Articles