Reputation key to success in an open source world
Dana Blankenhorn: Reputation, as an asset, grows in importance the more our business is done online, because other forms of lock-in drift away. Reputation is a prejudice based on personal experience, your knowledge of others' experience, and (to an extent) the company's advertising, marketing, and public relations.
Tue Jul 14 08:30:03 PDT 2009
Google and open source finally kill Clippy
Dana Blankenhorn: OpenOffice.org and online alternatives like Google Apps and Zoho have made Office unprofitable at the consumer level. Besides, as reviewers have noted, word processors and spreadsheets are mature products -- what is there to upgrade to?
Tue Jul 14 06:35:33 PDT 2009
Can VLC 1.0 change the world?
Dana Blankenhorn: VLC media player is everything the copyright industries have fought against for over a decade -- open source, wide-open access, free, streaming, Linux. VLC ignores all the agendas that have hampered Apple QuickTime, the Real Player, and Windows Media Server over the years. Now, will it change the media landscape, or will the media industry work to shut it down?
Mon Jul 13 05:35:20 PDT 2009
When you see Chrome OS think business model
Dana Blankenhorn: Chrome OS isn't an attack on anyone so much as it is an effort to crack the Netbook business model.
Fri Jul 10 07:45:52 PDT 2009
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