Friday, February 10, 2006
As if to re-emphasise the threat from open source
A start-up company called Songbird is planning to release an open-source version of iTunes, similar to the way the Mozilla Firefox browser challenged the dominance of Internet Explorer.
Also, Oracle is looking to buy a number of open source software companies, potentially moving at least part of its business model to a situation where it gets paid for support and maintenance, and not for the upfront delivery of the software. This potentially means that, at least in the short term, Oracle see revenues dropping. Of course there is another issue, and that is how the Open Source community would view its corportatisation.
Meanwhile, there is a new service being offered in the US - TextPayMe, which enables people to pay for stuff using mobile phone text messaging services.
I have a few books winging their way to me. This will be a starting point for the thesis literature review and includes "Business @ the Speed of Thought", by Bill Gates, The Business of Software, and Crossing the Chasm.
Also, Oracle is looking to buy a number of open source software companies, potentially moving at least part of its business model to a situation where it gets paid for support and maintenance, and not for the upfront delivery of the software. This potentially means that, at least in the short term, Oracle see revenues dropping. Of course there is another issue, and that is how the Open Source community would view its corportatisation.
Meanwhile, there is a new service being offered in the US - TextPayMe, which enables people to pay for stuff using mobile phone text messaging services.
I have a few books winging their way to me. This will be a starting point for the thesis literature review and includes "Business @ the Speed of Thought", by Bill Gates, The Business of Software, and Crossing the Chasm.
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