Matt Asay says that creating an open-source software able to attract significant outside development contributions is difficult, yet important. Quid pro quo paradigms, as Stephane Croisier calls them, can foster more sustainable open source communities...
Topics: FabienPinckaers, Jahia, Open Business Models, open source business, Open Source CMS, open source ERP, openerp, StephaneCroisiers, WCM

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Assoli today announced that under the free software pact initiative 232 Italian candidates signed the “caro candidato” pact. Candidates signing it state that they favor the development and use of free software, and will protect it from...
Topics: Europe eGov, European election, free software pact, Software Patent

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The PLIO Association (Italian OpenOffice.org Native-Lang Project) is pleased to invite everyone involved in the Native-Lang Confederation to join the meeting that will be held in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy) on October 3rd, 2008.Goal of the meeting is to...
Topics: Italians do it, My Meetings, open source communities, OpenOffice.org

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ITPUG, the Italian PostgreSQL association, is inviting everybody to join the PostgreSQL Day 2008 in Prato (Italy), on 17th and18th of October by the Monash University Prato Centre.Prato, S. Stefano Cathedral by Vygotskij - The Fool on the HillThe second.
Topics: Italians do it, open source communities, Open Source Recommendations

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I spent the last days reading ”Zenoss Core,” a book from Packt, the UK based publisher that just announced the finalists of this year Open Source CMS Award, as reported also by one of the judges.The book has been written by Michael...
Topics: Commercial OSS, My Readings

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