Presentations for category: Processes
Discussions around concepts which can improve the world of free and open source software.
<abstract> Traditional technology businesses do not achieve optimal alignment between the interests of the developer, the business investor, the consumer, and the global community. Open source businesses attempt to improve on this situation, but unfortunately, most business models do not foster open source solutions. Technical expertise is expensive and awareness ...
Why all the fuss over document formats? Marino Marcich of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Alliance takes a step back to consider what exactly is an “open” document, who’s adopted ODF and why, what software support exists, and, importantly, what open standards like ODF mean to open source users. He’ll peek ...
Since it’s inception, the primary metaphor of the Web has been one of location. By framing the Web as a collection of places, we have necessarily caused Web development to focus on servers. But people don’t get online to go to a server. They get online to get something done—achieve ...
The SLCC Miller Business Resource Center has some really good resources for getting your cool new technology going. Join Jeff for a candid discussion of what it takes to get your technology business going.
There are many statistical analyses that can be applied to free software projects to help gain insight into the people involved your community, areas that are growing quickly, and groups that are struggling, as well as visualizing your user base. Most of these can be automated fairly simply, but many ...