At OpenLogic we review open source software prior to adding it to our certified library. Projects get added to our queue in a number of ways, but more often than not, customers contact us and let us know they are using a project and ask us if we will review, certify and add the project [...]
Read More »We've recently made a decision at OpenLogic to focus more on adding novel, valuable, instructive content to OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX). Not that this hasn't been important in the past, but it's not been a top priority; building out our certified library has. Here's a list of some of the topics that have been suggested by [...]
Read More »So when I talk about what a community manager is, I usually mention leading by influence, advocating, explaining viewpoints, defending the community, representing the community within the company, and in general keeping the community healthy. They are ambassadors that spend lots of time communicating. Chris Brogan wrote a great post about the Essential Skills of [...]
Read More »In my last post, I question the accuracy of the CIO.com survey. One of the numbers I was skeptical about was: Nearly half of the survey respondents, 45 percent, are using desktop applications such as OpenOffice.org That seemed pretty high to me. Until I checked out the Open Source Census site and found OpenOfifice in [...]
Read More »CIO.com did an interesting survey about open source usage in the enterprise. While I question the accuracy of some of the numbers, if you take them as a general guideline, they generate some interesting discussion. For example, as an answer to the question "do we really need support for open source software?" When it comes [...]
Read More »I'm very excited – I am now officially joining the GNOME Foundation as Executive Director! Some background for those of you not familiar with GNOME. The GNOME project is: a free and open source desktop – an easy to use, intuitive interface for your Linux or Unix computer and the GNOME development platform, a developer [...]
Read More »Replicator quoting research which shows that people who customize their car (from bumper stickers to whatever) are more likely to engage in road rage. The logic is that the customization is indicative of someone that thinks of their car as personal space and more easily tilts when confronted with bad driving. I didn't read the [...]
Read More »Matthew Aslett recently completed a tour of Europe, profiling open source policies and usage in European countries. Tongue-in-Cheek, he presents a summary of his findings in football tournament format: http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/30/open-source-champions-of-europe/
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