[p2p-research] Fwd: January issue of the OSBR is now available at osbr.ca

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Chris McPhee <chris.mcphee at osbr.ca>
Date: Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:33 AM
Subject: January issue of the OSBR is now available at osbr.ca
To: Chris McPhee <chris.mcphee at osbr.ca>


Dear Readers,

The editorial theme for the January 2011 issue of the OSBR is The Business
of Open Source and it is now available at osbr.ca. I am pleased to welcome
as Guest Editor, Michael Weiss, Associate Professor in the Technology
Innovation Management program at Carleton University. In this issue, we have
the following articles:

Mark VonFange, Professional Services Manager at iXsystems, and Dru Lavigne,
Director of Community Development for the PC-BSD Project, provide evidence
of the increasing use of open source solutions in enterprise IT
infrastructures. With its advancements in availability, usability,
functionality, choice, and power, free/libre open source software (F/LOSS)
provides a cost-effective means for the modern enterprise to streamline its
operations. The article quantifies the benefits associated with the use of
open source software.

Ian Skerrett, Director of Marketing at the Eclipse Foundation, identifies
five best practices for multi-vendor open source communities. Multi-vendor
open source communities such as Eclipse, Apache, or Linux enable companies
to lower development costs and gain access to wider addressable markets. The
article also discusses the importance of foundations in implementing
multi-vendor open source communities.

Michael Ayukawa, Mohammed Al-Sanabani, and Adefemi Debo-Omidoku explore the
relationship between companies and open source communities. The article
identifies the ways in which companies can participate in open source
communities and how they can benefit from engaging with the community. It
also asks how open a company should be.

Ali Kousari and Chris Henselmans weigh the benefits and risks of companies
moving from a private to a private-collective innovation model. In this
model, a company collaborates with other companies by making its project
public and, in turn, may benefit from higher-quality, decreased time to
market, and maximized revenue.

Robert Poole discusses how companies that rely on open source may fear
losing control over the execution of their product development strategy.
Understanding the mechanisms of control inherent in open source projects and
the benefits of hybrid approaches helps companies articulate those fears and
make appropriate strategic decisions to match their business objectives.

John Schreuders, Arthur Low, Kenneth Esprit, and Nerva Joachim present
Nokia’s Qt product (initially developed by Trolltech) as an example of a
hybrid business model. They illustrate how the hybrid approach was
implemented and the extent to which the approach has been effective for
Nokia. The Qt story illustrates how F/LOSS business models were developed
during a period when participants were just beginning to understand how to
make money with open source.

The editorial theme for the upcoming February 2011 issue of the OSBR is
Recent Research and submissions will be accepted up to January 15th.

For the March issue, we have invited authors from the Research Forum to
Understand Business in Knowledge Society to contribute to a special issue on
Co-creation. The Guest Editors will be Stoyan Tanev from the University of
Southern Denmark and Marko Seppä from the University of Jyväskylä.

For subsequent issues, we welcome general submissions on the topic of open
source business or the growth of early-stage technology companies. Please
contact me (chris.mcphee at osbr.ca) if you are interested in submitting an
article.

Kind regards,

Chris McPhee
Editor, Open Source Business Resource
http://www.osbr.ca


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