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Open Source And Cloud Computing: Open Source Is The Key To Cloud Economics

Open Source And Cloud Computing: Open Source Is The Key To Cloud Economics

By Krishnan Subramanian on October 15, 2010

Regular readers of this blog know that I am a strong advocate for Open Source in this cloud based world. In fact, I have argued many times here that Open Source is equally important as Open Standards in ensuring the freedom of the users. I am going to push this meme again here quoting a […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source | Tagged cloud computing, cloud economics, Licensing, open source, proprietary software, roi, tco | 2 Responses

Open Source Or Proprietary?

Open Source Or Proprietary?

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 8, 2010

I am a strong proponent of open source in cloud computing. In spite of an argument in favor of architecture over licensing, I still feel open source has an important future in the world of cloud computing. However, unlike many in the open source world (well, in the proprietary world too), I don’t see open […]

Posted in Open Source | Tagged cloud computing, Licensing, licensing costs, open source, proprietary software, roi, tco | 3 Responses

Licensing of Linked Data

Licensing of Linked Data

By Paul Miller on October 29, 2009

As part of a workshop at this year’s International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), former colleague Leigh Dodds prepared an interesting diagram on the ways in which resources comprising the Linked Data Cloud are currently licensed. For various reasons, I was unable to make it to Virginia for the event, but a scan through the presentations […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged Creative Commons, International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC, ISWC2009, Jordan Hatcher, Leigh Dodds, licencing, Licensing, Linked Data, open data, Open Data Commons, semantic web, Tim Berners-Lee, Tim O\'Reilly, Tom Heath, web2summit

Moving From On-Premises to SaaS, Thoughts on Revenue Corrosion

Moving From On-Premises to SaaS, Thoughts on Revenue Corrosion

By Ben Kepes on September 15, 2009

Image via CrunchBase A recurring theme for me in my writing is the pain that traditional on-premises vendors feel when considering, or actually making, a move to SaaS. Recently I posted about the success Callidus has had with this very move. Within days of that post I was contacted by Ariba software, a vendor in […]

Posted in General, Marketing | Tagged ariba, Licensing, on-premise, perpetual licence, pricing, saas, subscription, traditional software | 2 Responses

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