http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Frederic Benard en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:47:46 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/460530 Open source software is shifting the software industry into a new paradigm, moving from developing proprietary code behind closed doors to developing code that can be shared, modified and redistributed openly. Key benefits associated with this shift is reducing development cost and software components complexity, developing re-usable common-off-the-shelf software assets, while increasing flexibility and using common enablers. Organizations that embrace the open source model and follow it when it influences positively their ways of building software, will increase their chances to retain their competitive advantage.<p><a href="http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/460530" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/460530 http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/460530#feedback http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/431545 A company's decision to contribute to open source projects is usually business-driven. This article offers a review of the top reasons that can influence your company to contribute source code to open source or to start new open source projects.<p><a href="http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/431545" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:00 EDT http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/431545 http://fredericbenard.sys-con.com/node/431545#feedback